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The Moon on Sunday, February 25, 1973: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Last Quarter at

03:10UTC

Moon phase on February 25, 1973Last Quarter

Sunday 25 February 1973404,260 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 25, 1973, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
404,260 km251,196 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1973 is on Saturday, February 17, 1973 at 10:07 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 17, 197310:07
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, February 25, 197303:10
New Moon (after)Monday, March 5, 197300:08

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Sunday, February 25, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1973 to the new moon of March 5, 1973, a cycle of 29.61 days.