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The Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on May 22, 2007Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 May 2007389,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 22, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.5% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
389,437 km241,985 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2007 is on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 01:04 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 19:27 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 16, 200719:27
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 23, 200721:03

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Tuesday, May 22, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 2007 to the new moon of June 15, 2007, a cycle of 29.32 days.