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The Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 1990: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on May 22, 1990Waning Crescent

Tuesday 22 May 1990359,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 22, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
359,825 km223,585 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1990 is on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 19:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 24, 1990 at 11:47 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 17, 199019:45
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 24, 199011:47

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Tuesday, May 22, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1990 to the new moon of May 24, 1990, a cycle of 29.31 days.