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The Moon on Monday, May 25, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on May 25, 2009Waxing Crescent

Monday 25 May 2009361,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 25, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
361,494 km224,622 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2009 is on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 18:12 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 12:11 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 24, 200912:11
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 31, 200903:22

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Monday, May 25, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 2009 to the new moon of June 22, 2009, a cycle of 29.31 days.