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The Moon on Thursday, May 25, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on May 25, 1978Waning Gibbous

Thursday 25 May 1978362,203 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 25, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.5% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
362,203 km225,063 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1978 is on Monday, May 22, 1978 at 13:17 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 22, 197813:17
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 29, 197803:30

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Thursday, May 25, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1978 to the new moon of June 5, 1978, a cycle of 29.59 days.