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The Moon on Saturday, May 25, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on May 25, 1929Waning Gibbous

Saturday 25 May 1929405,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 25, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
405,608 km252,033 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1929 is on Thursday, May 23, 1929 at 12:50 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 7, 1929 at 13:56 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 23, 192912:50
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 31, 192916:13

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Saturday, May 25, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1929 to the new moon of June 7, 1929, a cycle of 29.33 days.