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The Moon on Thursday, May 25, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on May 25, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 May 1950376,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 25, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.7% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
376,948 km234,225 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1950 is on Wednesday, May 31, 1950 at 12:43 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 17, 1950 at 00:55 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 24, 195021:28
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 31, 195012:43

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Thursday, May 25, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1950 to the new moon of June 15, 1950, a cycle of 29.62 days.