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The Moon on Sunday, May 17, 1925: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on May 17, 1925Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 May 1925380,926 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 17, 1925, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.2% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
380,926 km236,696 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1925 is on Friday, May 8, 1925 at 13:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 1925 at 15:48 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 15, 192505:46
New Moon (after)Friday, May 22, 192515:48

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Sunday, May 17, 1925 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1925 to the new moon of May 22, 1925, a cycle of 29.56 days.