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The Moon on Friday, May 25, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on May 25, 1990Waxing Crescent

Friday 25 May 1990359,150 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 25, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
359,150 km223,165 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1990 is on Friday, June 8, 1990 at 11:01 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 24, 1990 at 11:47 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 24, 199011:47
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 31, 199008:11

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Friday, May 25, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1990 to the new moon of June 22, 1990, a cycle of 29.30 days.