MoonPhases

May 2025 · Thursday · 1 year ago

15 May 2025

Waning Gibbous

93% illuminated and waning, 17.7 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 15 May 2025: Waning Gibbous, 93% illuminated

Ephemeris for 15 May 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
92.7%
Lunar age
17.7 days
Elongation
211.0°
Distance
399,775 km
Distance (mi)
248,409 mi
Apparent size
29.9′
Constellation
Sagittarius
Libration lat
6.7° N
Libration lon
4.9° W

Moonrise and moonset

Times in each city's own time zone. A “+1” means the event falls on the following day — the lunar day is about 50 minutes longer than ours, so rise and set drift later each date.
CityMoonriseTransitMoonsetPeak altitude
London00:25 +102:4606:029.5°
New York23:2802:5207:1020.2°
Chicago23:3002:4907:0119.0°
Denver23:3203:0107:2221.1°
Los Angeles23:0502:5607:3926.8°
Mexico City22:0302:3608:0441.5°
São Paulo19:4301:5909:0885.2°
Berlin00:38 +102:5005:588.6°

Somewhere else? The calculator works for any latitude and longitude, including your own.

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
Last Quarter20 May 202511:59in 5 days
New Moon27 May 202503:02in 12 days
First Quarter3 June 202503:41in 19 days
Full Moon11 June 202507:44in 27 days