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The Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on February 22, 1912Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 February 1912387,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 22, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
387,015 km240,480 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1912 is on Sunday, March 3, 1912 at 10:42 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1912 at 05:44 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Thursday, February 22, 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.