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The Moon on Saturday, May 25, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on May 25, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 25 May 2002367,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 25, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
367,144 km228,133 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2002 is on Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 11:51 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 10:45 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 19, 200219:42
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 26, 200211:51

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Saturday, May 25, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 2002 to the new moon of June 10, 2002, a cycle of 29.54 days.