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The Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on May 25, 2008Waning Gibbous

Sunday 25 May 2008397,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 25, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.5% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
397,408 km246,938 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 20, 200802:12
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 28, 200802:57

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Sunday, May 25, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 2008 to the new moon of June 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.