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The Moon on Sunday, February 23, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on February 23, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 February 1975362,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 23, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
362,075 km224,983 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1975 is on Wednesday, February 26, 1975 at 01:15 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 11, 1975 at 05:17 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Sunday, February 23, 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.