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The Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 1976: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on February 25, 1976Waning Crescent

Wednesday 25 February 1976388,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 25, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.9% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
388,755 km241,561 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 22, 197608:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 29, 197623:25

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Wednesday, February 25, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1976 to the new moon of February 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.71 days.