MoonPhases

May 2025 · Tuesday · 1 year ago

20 May 2025

Last Quarter

50% illuminated and waning, 22.7 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 20 May 2025: Last Quarter, 50% illuminated

Ephemeris for 20 May 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Last Quarter
Illumination
50.1%
Lunar age
22.7 days
Elongation
270.0°
Distance
378,877 km
Distance (mi)
235,423 mi
Apparent size
31.5′
Constellation
Aquarius
Libration lat
2.9° N
Libration lon
6.9° 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
London02:2207:0612:0222.7°
New York01:5507:1112:3734.7°
Chicago01:5307:0712:3233.8°
Denver01:5907:1912:4836.2°
Los Angeles01:4407:1412:5242.2°
Mexico City01:0506:5512:4856.7°
São Paulo00:36 +106:1812:5280.5°
Berlin02:3107:1012:0221.4°

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

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
New Moon27 May 202503:02in 7 days
First Quarter3 June 202503:41in 14 days
Full Moon11 June 202507:44in 22 days
Last Quarter18 June 202519:19in 29 days