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The Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1982: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on May 22, 1982Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 May 1982361,076 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 22, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
361,076 km224,362 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1982 is on Saturday, May 8, 1982 at 00:45 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 23, 1982 at 04:40 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 16, 198205:11
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 23, 198204:40

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Saturday, May 22, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1982 to the new moon of May 23, 1982, a cycle of 29.34 days.