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The Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on February 21, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 21 February 1978398,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 21, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
398,663 km247,718 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1978 is on Thursday, February 23, 1978 at 01:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 7, 1978 at 14:54 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 14, 197822:11
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 23, 197801:27

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Tuesday, February 21, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1978 to the new moon of March 9, 1978, a cycle of 29.49 days.