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The Moon on Thursday, February 25, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on February 25, 2016Waning Gibbous

Thursday 25 February 2016404,107 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 25, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.2% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
404,107 km251,100 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 2016 is on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 18:20 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 22, 201618:20
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 1, 201623:11

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Thursday, February 25, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2016 to the new moon of March 9, 2016, a cycle of 29.47 days.