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The Moon on Friday, May 25, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on May 25, 2012Waxing Crescent

Friday 25 May 2012395,433 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 25, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.0% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
395,433 km245,711 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2012 is on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 20, 201223:47
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 28, 201220:16

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Friday, May 25, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 2012 to the new moon of June 19, 2012, a cycle of 29.64 days.