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The Moon on Sunday, February 25, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on February 25, 1962Waning Gibbous

Sunday 25 February 1962397,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 25, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.2% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
397,705 km247,123 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1962 is on Monday, February 19, 1962 at 13:18 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Sunday, February 25, 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.