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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

May 2025 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
New Moon

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The 2025 Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for May 2025, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
May 1Waxing Crescent16%
May 2Waxing Crescent25%
May 3Waxing Crescent35%
May 4Waxing Crescent45%
May 5Waxing Gibbous56%
May 6Waxing Gibbous65%
May 7Waxing Gibbous74%
May 8Waxing Gibbous82%
May 9Waxing Gibbous89%
May 10Waxing Gibbous94%
May 11Waxing Gibbous98%
May 12Full Moon100%
May 13Full Moon100%
May 14Waning Gibbous98%
May 15Waning Gibbous94%
May 16Waning Gibbous89%
May 17Waning Gibbous82%
May 18Waning Gibbous74%
May 19Waning Gibbous65%
May 20Waning Gibbous54%
May 21Waning Crescent43%
May 22Waning Crescent32%
May 23Waning Crescent22%
May 24Waning Crescent13%
May 25Waning Crescent6%
May 26Waning Crescent2%
May 27New Moon0%
May 28Waxing Crescent2%
May 29Waxing Crescent6%
May 30Waxing Crescent12%
May 31Waxing Crescent21%
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