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The Moon on Thursday, May 25, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on May 25, 1989Waning Gibbous

Thursday 25 May 1989381,807 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 25, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
381,807 km237,244 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1989 at 19:53 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 20, 198918:16
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 28, 198904:01

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Thursday, May 25, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1989 to the new moon of June 3, 1989, a cycle of 29.34 days.