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The Moon on Saturday, February 23, 1901: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on February 23, 1901Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 February 1901366,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 23, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.3% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
366,256 km227,581 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1901 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1901 at 08:04 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1901 at 02:45 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 19, 190102:45
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 25, 190118:38

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Saturday, February 23, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1901 to the new moon of March 20, 1901, a cycle of 29.42 days.