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The Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on February 22, 1951Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 February 1951384,215 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 22, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
384,215 km238,740 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1951 is on Wednesday, February 21, 1951 at 21:12 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 13 days later.

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Thursday, February 22, 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.