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The Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1967: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on February 21, 1967Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 21 February 1967374,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 21, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
374,344 km232,607 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1967 is on Friday, February 24, 1967 at 17:43 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 9, 1967 at 10:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 17, 196715:56
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 24, 196717:43

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Tuesday, February 21, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 1967 to the new moon of March 11, 1967, a cycle of 29.74 days.