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The Moon on Friday, February 18, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on February 18, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 February 2005404,249 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 18, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.1% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
404,249 km251,189 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 2005 is on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 04:54 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at 22:28 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Friday, February 18, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2005 to the new moon of March 10, 2005, a cycle of 29.45 days.