Waxing · 86.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°
Moon age
10.5days
Moon phase on February 25, 1972Waxing Gibbous
On Friday, February 25, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.
86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
384,725 km239,057 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to February 25, 1972 is on Tuesday, February 29, 1972 at 03:12 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 15, 1972 at 00:29 UTC, 10 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Monday, February 21, 1972 | 17:20 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, February 29, 1972 | 03:12 |
The Moon around February 25
More about this date
Friday, February 25, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1972 to the new moon of March 15, 1972, a cycle of 29.46 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in February 1972, or the whole moon calendar 1972.
- The same date one year apart: 1971 · 1973.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.