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The Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on February 22, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 22 February 1953393,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 22, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.8% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
393,160 km244,298 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 14, 1953 at 01:10 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 20, 195317:45
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 28, 195318:59

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Sunday, February 22, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 1953 to the new moon of March 15, 1953, a cycle of 29.41 days.