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The Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 1987: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on February 25, 1987Waning Crescent

Wednesday 25 February 1987363,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 25, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.0% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
363,786 km226,046 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1987 is on Friday, February 13, 1987 at 20:58 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 28, 1987 at 00:51 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 21, 198708:56
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 28, 198700:51

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Wednesday, February 25, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1987 to the new moon of February 28, 1987, a cycle of 29.46 days.