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The Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on May 25, 1982Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 25 May 1982360,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 25, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
360,393 km223,938 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1982 is on Sunday, June 6, 1982 at 16:00 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 23, 1982 at 04:40 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 23, 198204:40
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 29, 198220:07

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Tuesday, May 25, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 1982 to the new moon of June 21, 1982, a cycle of 29.30 days.