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The Moon on Saturday, May 25, 1946: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on May 25, 1946Waning Crescent

Saturday 25 May 1946377,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 25, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.0% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
377,437 km234,528 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1946 is on Thursday, May 16, 1946 at 02:53 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 30, 1946 at 20:49 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 24, 194604:02
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 30, 194620:49

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Saturday, May 25, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1946 to the new moon of May 30, 1946, a cycle of 29.31 days.