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The Moon on Monday, May 25, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on May 25, 2020Waxing Crescent

Monday 25 May 2020388,642 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 25, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
388,642 km241,491 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2020 is on Friday, June 5, 2020 at 19:12 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:39 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 22, 202017:39
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 30, 202003:30

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Monday, May 25, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 2020 to the new moon of June 21, 2020, a cycle of 29.54 days.