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The Moon on Saturday, May 25, 1968: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on May 25, 1968Waning Crescent

Saturday 25 May 1968406,184 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 25, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
406,184 km252,391 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1968 is on Sunday, May 12, 1968 at 13:05 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 27, 1968 at 07:30 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 19, 196805:44
New Moon (after)Monday, May 27, 196807:30

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Saturday, May 25, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 1968 to the new moon of May 27, 1968, a cycle of 29.67 days.