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The Moon on Friday, February 25, 2011: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 44.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on February 25, 2011Waning Crescent

Friday 25 February 2011382,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 25, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.5% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
382,290 km237,544 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 2011 is on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 08:36 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 24, 201123:27
New Moon (after)Friday, March 4, 201120:46

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Friday, February 25, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 2011 to the new moon of March 4, 2011, a cycle of 29.76 days.