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The Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on May 25, 1977Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 25 May 1977388,697 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 25, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.5% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
388,697 km241,525 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1977 is on Wednesday, June 1, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 at 02:52 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 18, 197702:52
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 26, 197703:20

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Wednesday, May 25, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1977 to the new moon of June 16, 1977, a cycle of 29.65 days.