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The Moon on Friday, February 15, 1957: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on February 15, 1957Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 February 1957357,615 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 15, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
357,615 km222,212 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1957 is on Thursday, February 14, 1957 at 16:38 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 14, 195716:38
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 21, 195712:19

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Friday, February 15, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 1957 to the new moon of March 1, 1957, a cycle of 29.78 days.