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The Moon on Friday, May 25, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on May 25, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Friday 25 May 2040366,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 25, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
366,289 km227,601 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2040 is on Saturday, May 26, 2040 at 11:47 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 2040 at 03:28 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 19, 204007:01
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 26, 204011:47

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Friday, May 25, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2040 to the new moon of June 9, 2040, a cycle of 29.61 days.