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The Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 2025: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on May 14, 2025Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 14 May 2025402,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 14, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
402,274 km249,961 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 2025 is on Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:56 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 03:02 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 12, 202516:56
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 20, 202511:59

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 2025 to the new moon of May 27, 2025, a cycle of 29.31 days.