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The Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1923: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on February 22, 1923Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 February 1923402,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 22, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.8% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
402,814 km250,297 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1923 is on Saturday, March 3, 1923 at 03:23 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 15, 1923 at 19:07 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 15, 192319:07
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 24, 192300:06

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Thursday, February 22, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1923 to the new moon of March 17, 1923, a cycle of 29.74 days.