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The Moon on Tuesday, February 25, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on February 25, 1986Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 25 February 1986375,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 25, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
375,316 km233,211 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1986 is on Monday, February 24, 1986 at 15:02 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 1986 at 14:52 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 24, 198615:02
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 3, 198612:17

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Tuesday, February 25, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 1986 to the new moon of March 10, 1986, a cycle of 29.58 days.