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The Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2014: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on May 25, 2014Waning Crescent

Sunday 25 May 2014381,490 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 25, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.4% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
381,490 km237,047 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2014 is on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 19:16 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 18:40 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 21, 201412:59
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 28, 201418:40

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Sunday, May 25, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2014 to the new moon of May 28, 2014, a cycle of 29.52 days.