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The Moon on Saturday, February 25, 1956: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on February 25, 1956Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 25 February 1956365,652 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 25, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
365,652 km227,205 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1956 is on Sunday, February 26, 1956 at 01:42 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 11, 1956 at 21:38 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 19, 195609:21
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 26, 195601:42

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Saturday, February 25, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 1956 to the new moon of March 12, 1956, a cycle of 29.67 days.