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The Moon on Sunday, May 25, 1958: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on May 25, 1958Waxing Crescent

Sunday 25 May 1958375,000 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 25, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.3% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
375,000 km233,014 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1958 is on Sunday, June 1, 1958 at 20:55 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 1958 at 19:01 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 18, 195819:01
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 26, 195804:38

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Sunday, May 25, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1958 to the new moon of June 17, 1958, a cycle of 29.54 days.