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The Moon on Saturday, February 20, 1965: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 76.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on February 20, 1965Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 February 1965385,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 20, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.2% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
385,344 km239,441 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1965 is on Tuesday, February 16, 1965 at 00:27 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 3, 1965 at 09:56 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Saturday, February 20, 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.