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The Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on February 25, 1959Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 25 February 1959366,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 25, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.0% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
366,324 km227,623 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1959 is on Monday, February 23, 1959 at 08:54 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 9, 1959 at 10:51 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 23, 195908:54
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 2, 195902:54

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Wednesday, February 25, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1959 to the new moon of March 9, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.