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The Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on February 25, 1970Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 25 February 1970393,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 25, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.4% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
393,202 km244,324 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1970 is on Saturday, February 21, 1970 at 08:19 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 21, 197008:19
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 1, 197002:33

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Wednesday, February 25, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1970 to the new moon of March 7, 1970, a cycle of 29.44 days.