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The Moon on Saturday, February 25, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on February 25, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 25 February 1961404,866 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 25, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
404,866 km251,572 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1961 is on Thursday, March 2, 1961 at 13:35 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 15, 1961 at 08:10 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 22, 196108:35
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 2, 196113:35

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Saturday, February 25, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1961 to the new moon of March 16, 1961, a cycle of 29.44 days.