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The Moon on Sunday, February 25, 1940: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on February 25, 1940Waning Gibbous

Sunday 25 February 1940359,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 25, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.5% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
359,520 km223,396 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1940 is on Friday, February 23, 1940 at 09:56 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 9, 1940 at 02:23 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 23, 194009:56
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 1, 194002:35

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Sunday, February 25, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 1940 to the new moon of March 9, 1940, a cycle of 29.78 days.