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The Moon on Saturday, May 23, 1925: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on May 23, 1925Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 May 1925400,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 23, 1925, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
400,608 km248,926 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1925 is on Saturday, June 6, 1925 at 21:48 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 1925 at 15:48 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 22, 192515:48
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 30, 192520:04

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Saturday, May 23, 1925 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 1925 to the new moon of June 21, 1925, a cycle of 29.60 days.