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The Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 2011: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on May 25, 2011Waning Crescent

Wednesday 25 May 2011402,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 25, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
402,767 km250,268 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 24, 201118:52
New Moon (after)Wednesday, June 1, 201121:03

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2011 to the new moon of June 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.59 days.