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The Moon on Friday, May 22, 1987: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on May 22, 1987Waning Crescent

Friday 22 May 1987381,513 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 22, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
381,513 km237,061 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (0°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1987 is on Wednesday, May 13, 1987 at 12:50 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 27, 1987 at 15:14 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 20, 198704:02
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 27, 198715:14

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Friday, May 22, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1987 to the new moon of May 27, 1987, a cycle of 29.57 days.