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The Moon on Friday, May 25, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on May 25, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Friday 25 May 1945403,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 25, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
403,002 km250,414 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1945 is on Sunday, May 27, 1945 at 01:49 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 1945 at 20:22 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 18, 194522:12
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 27, 194501:49

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Friday, May 25, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1945 to the new moon of June 10, 1945, a cycle of 29.34 days.