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The Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on February 21, 1912Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 February 1912390,620 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 21, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
390,620 km242,720 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1912 is on Sunday, March 3, 1912 at 10:42 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1912 at 05:44 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 18, 191205:44
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 25, 191219:27

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Wednesday, February 21, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1912 to the new moon of March 18, 1912, a cycle of 29.68 days.