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Kirkwall (Orkney Islands), Scotland, United Kingdom — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, May 2025

Moon: 85.5%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 16, 2025 at 5:40:26 pm
Moon Direction: 32° Northeast
Moon Altitude: -56.5°
Moon Distance: 246,091 mi
Next New Moon: May 27, 2025, 4:02 am
Next Full Moon: Jun 11, 2025, 8:43 am
Next Moonrise: Tomorrow, 2:38 am
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Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Kirkwall (Orkney Islands), May 2025

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2025Moonrise/MoonsetMeridian Passing
MayMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseTimeDistance (mi)Illumination
1-2:34 am (337°)6:11 am (23°)4:55 pm(59.0°)230,33620.5%
2-3:26 am (335°)7:31 am (26°)5:56 pm(57.2°)234,25330.7%
3-3:47 am (326°)9:11 am (36°)6:51 pm(53.8°)238,19941.4%
4-3:56 am (316°)10:51 am (47°)7:41 pm(49.3°)241,90452.2%
5-4:00 am (305°)12:24 pm (59°)8:27 pm(44.0°)245,15462.5%
6-4:02 am (294°)1:52 pm (71°)9:09 pm(38.3°)247,83272.0%
7-4:02 am (282°)3:14 pm (83°)9:49 pm(32.4°)249,88280.4%
8-4:03 am (271°)4:35 pm (95°)10:28 pm(26.5°)251,30687.5%
9-4:03 am (260°)5:55 pm (106°)11:07 pm(20.8°)252,13793.2%
10-4:03 am (249°)7:18 pm (118°)11:48 pm(15.5°)252,42797.2%
11-4:04 am (238°)8:43 pm (129°)Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
12-4:06 am (228°)10:12 pm (140°)12:31 am(10.7°)252,23199.4%
13-4:11 am (218°)11:42 pm (149°)1:17 am(6.8°)251,59799.8%
14-4:22 am (209°)-2:06 am(3.9°)250,55298.2%
151:06 am (156°)4:47 am (203°)-2:58 am(2.2°)249,11094.7%
162:06 am (158°)5:37 am (202°)-3:51 am(2.0°)247,27089.3%
172:38 am (153°)6:57 am (208°)-4:45 am(3.2°)245,02982.1%
182:53 am (145°)8:32 am (218°)-5:37 am(5.9°)242,39873.5%
193:00 am (134°)10:10 am (229°)-6:28 am(10.0°)239,42563.5%
203:03 am (122°)11:48 am (242°)-7:17 am(15.2°)236,19452.7%
213:05 am (110°)1:24 pm (255°)-8:05 am(21.4°)232,85841.4%
223:06 am (97°)3:01 pm (269°)-8:52 am(28.2°)229,62530.2%
233:07 am (84°)4:40 pm (283°)-9:40 am(35.3°)226,76919.8%
243:09 am (71°)6:26 pm (298°)-10:31 am(42.3°)224,56511.0%
253:12 am (57°)8:18 pm (312°)-11:26 am(48.8°)223,3034.4%
263:17 am (44°)10:14 pm (325°)-12:25 pm(54.1°)223,1830.8%
273:30 am (32°)--1:29 pm(57.6°)224,2720.4%
28-12:01 am (335°)3:59 am (24°)2:35 pm(59.0°)226,5003.2%
29-1:14 am (336°)5:03 am (24°)3:39 pm(58.1°)229,6378.9%
30-1:48 am (330°)6:39 am (32°)4:39 pm(55.3°)233,36416.6%
31-2:02 am (320°)8:23 am (43°)5:33 pm(51.1°)237,30725.8%
* All times are local time for Kirkwall (Orkney Islands). Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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