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The Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on February 25, 1981Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 25 February 1981404,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 25, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.7% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
404,452 km251,315 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1981 is on Wednesday, February 18, 1981 at 22:58 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 18, 198122:58
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 27, 198101:14

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Wednesday, February 25, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1981 to the new moon of March 6, 1981, a cycle of 29.51 days.