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The Moon on Thursday, February 23, 1967: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on February 23, 1967Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 February 1967363,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 23, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
363,906 km226,121 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1967 is on Friday, February 24, 1967 at 17:43 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 9, 1967 at 10:44 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Thursday, February 23, 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.