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The Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 1934: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

First Quarter at

06:05UTC

Moon phase on February 21, 1934First Quarter

Wednesday 21 February 1934400,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 21, 1934, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.5% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
400,123 km248,625 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1934 is on Thursday, March 1, 1934 at 10:26 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 14, 1934 at 00:43 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 14, 193400:43
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 21, 193406:05
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 1, 193410:26

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Wednesday, February 21, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 1934 to the new moon of March 15, 1934, a cycle of 29.48 days.