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The Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on February 25, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 25 February 1953403,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 25, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
403,210 km250,543 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 14, 1953 at 01:10 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 20, 195317:45
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 28, 195318:59

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Wednesday, February 25, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 1953 to the new moon of March 15, 1953, a cycle of 29.41 days.