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The Moon on Friday, May 25, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on May 25, 1917Waxing Crescent

Friday 25 May 1917400,904 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 25, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.3% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
400,904 km249,110 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1917 is on Tuesday, June 5, 1917 at 13:06 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 21, 1917 at 00:47 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 21, 191700:47
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 28, 191723:33

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Friday, May 25, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1917 to the new moon of June 19, 1917, a cycle of 29.51 days.