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The Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on February 25, 1948Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 25 February 1948359,712 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 25, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
359,712 km223,515 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1948 is on Tuesday, February 24, 1948 at 17:16 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 10, 1948 at 21:15 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 24, 194817:16
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 2, 194816:36

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Wednesday, February 25, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 10, 1948 to the new moon of March 10, 1948, a cycle of 29.76 days.