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The Moon on Friday, May 25, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on May 25, 1962Waning Gibbous

Friday 25 May 1962373,149 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 25, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.6% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
373,149 km231,864 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1962 is on Saturday, May 19, 1962 at 14:32 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 2, 1962 at 13:27 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 19, 196214:32
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 26, 196219:05

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Friday, May 25, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1962 to the new moon of June 2, 1962, a cycle of 29.38 days.