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The Moon on Wednesday, February 17, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on February 17, 1965Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 17 February 1965368,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 17, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
368,253 km228,822 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1965 is on Tuesday, February 16, 1965 at 00:27 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 3, 1965 at 09:56 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 16, 196500:27
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 23, 196505:39

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Wednesday, February 17, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 1965 to the new moon of March 3, 1965, a cycle of 29.72 days.