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The Moon on Friday, February 23, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on February 23, 1962Waning Gibbous

Friday 23 February 1962403,685 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 23, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.7% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
403,685 km250,838 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1962 is on Monday, February 19, 1962 at 13:18 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 19, 196213:18
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 27, 196215:50

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Friday, February 23, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 5, 1962 to the new moon of March 6, 1962, a cycle of 29.43 days.