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The Moon on Sunday, February 25, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on February 25, 1996Waxing Crescent

Sunday 25 February 1996396,583 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 25, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.9% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
396,583 km246,425 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1996 at 23:30 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 18, 199623:30
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 26, 199605:53

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Sunday, February 25, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1996 to the new moon of March 19, 1996, a cycle of 29.47 days.