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The Moon on Monday, February 25, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on February 25, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Monday 25 February 1980391,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 25, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.0% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
391,438 km243,228 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 23, 198000:14
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 1, 198021:00

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Monday, February 25, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1980 to the new moon of March 16, 1980, a cycle of 29.42 days.