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The Moon on Saturday, February 25, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on February 25, 1978Waning Gibbous

Saturday 25 February 1978385,302 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 25, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
385,302 km239,415 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1978 is on Thursday, February 23, 1978 at 01:27 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 9, 1978 at 02:36 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 23, 197801:27
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 2, 197808:34

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Saturday, February 25, 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.