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The Moon on Friday, February 25, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on February 25, 2005Waning Gibbous

Friday 25 February 2005395,905 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 25, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
395,905 km246,004 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 2005 is on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 04:54 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 24, 200504:54
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 3, 200517:37

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Friday, February 25, 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.