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The Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on February 23, 1909Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 February 1909363,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 23, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
363,065 km225,598 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1909 is on Sunday, March 7, 1909 at 02:56 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 20, 1909 at 10:52 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 20, 190910:52
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 27, 190902:49

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Tuesday, February 23, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 1909 to the new moon of March 21, 1909, a cycle of 29.39 days.