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The Moon on Sunday, May 25, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on May 25, 1997Waning Gibbous

Sunday 25 May 1997373,700 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 25, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
373,700 km232,206 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 22, 199709:13
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 29, 199707:51

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Sunday, May 25, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1997 to the new moon of June 5, 1997, a cycle of 29.43 days.