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The Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2025: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on May 25, 2025Waning Crescent

Sunday 25 May 2025359,299 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 25, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
359,299 km223,258 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2025 is on Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:56 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 03:02 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 20, 202511:59
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 27, 202503:02

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Sunday, May 25, 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.