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The Moon on Thursday, February 25, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on February 25, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 February 2021378,721 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 25, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
378,721 km235,326 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 2021 is on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 08:17 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 19:06 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 19, 202118:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 27, 202108:17

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Thursday, February 25, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 2021 to the new moon of March 13, 2021, a cycle of 29.64 days.