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The Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on May 25, 2005Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 25 May 2005364,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 25, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
364,823 km226,690 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 21:55 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 23, 200520:18
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 30, 200511:47

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Wednesday, May 25, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2005 to the new moon of June 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.55 days.