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The Moon on Thursday, February 25, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on February 25, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 February 2010362,933 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 25, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
362,933 km225,516 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 2010 is on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 16:38 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 02:52 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 22, 201000:43
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 28, 201016:38

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Thursday, February 25, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 2010 to the new moon of March 15, 2010, a cycle of 29.76 days.