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The Moon on Friday, May 25, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on May 25, 2001Waxing Crescent

Friday 25 May 2001369,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 25, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
369,474 km229,580 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2001 is on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 01:39 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 02:46 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 23, 200102:46
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 29, 200122:09

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Friday, May 25, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 2001 to the new moon of June 21, 2001, a cycle of 29.38 days.