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The Moon on Saturday, May 25, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on May 25, 2019Waning Gibbous

Saturday 25 May 2019403,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 25, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
403,407 km250,665 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 10:02 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 18, 201921:11
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 26, 201916:34

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Saturday, May 25, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2019 to the new moon of June 3, 2019, a cycle of 29.47 days.