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The Moon on Friday, February 23, 1934: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on February 23, 1934Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 February 1934404,730 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 23, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.9% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
404,730 km251,487 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1934 is on Thursday, March 1, 1934 at 10:26 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 14, 1934 at 00:43 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 21, 193406:05
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 1, 193410:26

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Friday, February 23, 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.