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The Moon on Saturday, May 25, 1957: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on May 25, 1957Waning Crescent

Saturday 25 May 1957395,631 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 25, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
395,631 km245,834 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1957 is on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 22:34 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 29, 1957 at 11:39 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 21, 195717:03
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 29, 195711:39

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Saturday, May 25, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1957 to the new moon of May 29, 1957, a cycle of 29.49 days.