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The Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on May 25, 1971Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 25 May 1971373,905 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 25, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
373,905 km232,334 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1971 is on Wednesday, June 9, 1971 at 00:04 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 12:32 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 24, 197112:32
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 1, 197100:42

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Tuesday, May 25, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1971 to the new moon of June 22, 1971, a cycle of 29.39 days.