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The Moon on Saturday, February 22, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on February 22, 1947Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 February 1947389,280 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 22, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
389,280 km241,887 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1947 is on Friday, March 7, 1947 at 03:15 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 21, 1947 at 02:00 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 21, 194702:00
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 28, 194709:12

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Saturday, February 22, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1947 to the new moon of March 22, 1947, a cycle of 29.61 days.