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The Moon on Sunday, February 18, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on February 18, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 February 1951399,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 18, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
399,235 km248,073 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1951 is on Wednesday, February 21, 1951 at 21:12 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 6, 1951 at 07:54 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Sunday, February 18, 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.