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The Moon on Monday, May 25, 1998: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

New Moon at

19:32UTC

Moon phase on May 25, 1998New Moon

Monday 25 May 1998363,428 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 25, 1998, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
363,428 km225,823 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1998 at 19:32 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 19, 199804:35
New Moon (this day)Monday, May 25, 199819:32
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 2, 199801:45

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Monday, May 25, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1998 to the new moon of May 25, 1998, a cycle of 29.33 days.