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The Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 1951: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Full Moon at

21:12UTC

Moon phase on February 21, 1951Full Moon

Wednesday 21 February 1951388,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 21, 1951, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
388,010 km241,098 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Snow Moon, 386,524 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1951 is on Wednesday, February 21, 1951 at 21:12 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 13, 195120:55
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, February 21, 195121:12
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 28, 195123:00

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Wednesday, February 21, 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.