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The Moon on Wednesday, May 25, 2022: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on May 25, 2022Waning Crescent

Wednesday 25 May 2022388,838 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 25, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.6% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
388,838 km241,612 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:31 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 22, 202218:43
New Moon (after)Monday, May 30, 202211:31

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2022 to the new moon of May 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.