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The Moon on Friday, February 21, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on February 21, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 February 1975372,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 21, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.8% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
372,840 km231,672 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1975 is on Wednesday, February 26, 1975 at 01:15 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 11, 1975 at 05:17 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Friday, February 21, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 1975 to the new moon of March 12, 1975, a cycle of 29.77 days.