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The Moon on Saturday, May 25, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on May 25, 1940Waning Gibbous

Saturday 25 May 1940388,835 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 25, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.2% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
388,835 km241,611 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1940 is on Tuesday, May 21, 1940 at 13:33 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 1940 at 01:05 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 21, 194013:33
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 29, 194000:40

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Saturday, May 25, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1940 to the new moon of June 6, 1940, a cycle of 29.54 days.