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The Moon on Thursday, February 23, 1933: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on February 23, 1933Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 February 1933377,944 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 23, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
377,944 km234,843 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1933 is on Friday, February 10, 1933 at 13:01 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 24, 1933 at 12:44 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 17, 193314:08
New Moon (after)Friday, February 24, 193312:44

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Thursday, February 23, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1933 to the new moon of February 24, 1933, a cycle of 29.56 days.