MoonPhases

May 2025 · Saturday · 1 year ago

17 May 2025

Waning Gibbous

79% illuminated and waning, 19.7 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 17 May 2025: Waning Gibbous, 79% illuminated

Ephemeris for 17 May 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
79.4%
Lunar age
19.7 days
Elongation
233.9°
Distance
392,989 km
Distance (mi)
244,192 mi
Apparent size
30.4′
Constellation
Capricorn
Libration lat
6.0° N
Libration lon
6.4° 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
London01:0904:3308:0110.5°
New York00:1504:4009:0821.8°
Chicago00:1604:3609:0020.7°
Denver00:1904:4809:2123.0°
Los Angeles00:35 +104:4309:3628.8°
Mexico City23:4104:2409:5543.4°
São Paulo21:3803:4610:5086.6°
Berlin01:2204:3707:579.5°

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 3 days
New Moon27 May 202503:02in 10 days
First Quarter3 June 202503:41in 17 days
Full Moon11 June 202507:44in 25 days