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The Moon on Saturday, May 25, 2024: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on May 25, 2024Waning Gibbous

Saturday 25 May 2024383,852 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 25, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
383,852 km238,514 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2024 is on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 13:53 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 12:38 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 23, 202413:53
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 30, 202417:13

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Saturday, May 25, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2024 to the new moon of June 6, 2024, a cycle of 29.39 days.