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The Moon on Sunday, February 25, 1979: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on February 25, 1979Waning Crescent

Sunday 25 February 1979358,131 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 25, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
358,131 km222,532 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1979 is on Monday, February 12, 1979 at 02:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 26, 1979 at 16:45 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 20, 197901:17
New Moon (after)Monday, February 26, 197916:45

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Sunday, February 25, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1979 to the new moon of February 26, 1979, a cycle of 29.43 days.