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The Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 2015: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

First Quarter at

17:14UTC

Moon phase on February 25, 2015First Quarter

Wednesday 25 February 2015383,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 25, 2015, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.8% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
383,477 km238,281 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 18, 201523:47
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 25, 201517:14
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 5, 201518:06

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2015 to the new moon of March 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.