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The Moon on Tuesday, May 25, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on May 25, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 25 May 2021357,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
357,625 km222,218 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2021 is on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11:14 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 19:00 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 19, 202119:13
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 26, 202111:14

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2021 to the new moon of June 10, 2021, a cycle of 29.66 days.