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The Moon on Monday, May 25, 2015: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

First Quarter at

17:19UTC

Moon phase on May 25, 2015First Quarter

Monday 25 May 2015402,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 25, 2015, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.0% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
402,942 km250,377 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2015 is on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 16:19 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 18, 201504:13
First Quarter (this day)Monday, May 25, 201517:19
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 2, 201516:19

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Monday, May 25, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2015 to the new moon of June 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.