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The Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1931: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on February 22, 1931Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 February 1931401,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 22, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
401,421 km249,431 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1931 is on Wednesday, March 4, 1931 at 10:36 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 17, 1931 at 13:11 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 17, 193113:11
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 25, 193116:42

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Sunday, February 22, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 1931 to the new moon of March 19, 1931, a cycle of 29.78 days.