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The Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2025: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on May 18, 2025Waning Gibbous

Sunday 18 May 2025388,727 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 18, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.7% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
388,727 km241,543 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2025 is on Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:56 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 03:02 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Sunday, May 18, 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.