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The Moon on Thursday, February 15, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on February 15, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 February 1951404,635 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 15, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.3% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
404,635 km251,429 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1951 is on Wednesday, February 21, 1951 at 21:12 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 6, 1951 at 07:54 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Thursday, February 15, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1951 to the new moon of March 7, 1951, a cycle of 29.54 days.