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The Moon on Friday, February 22, 1957: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on February 22, 1957Waning Crescent

Friday 22 February 1957394,604 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 22, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.3% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
394,604 km245,196 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1957 is on Thursday, February 14, 1957 at 16:38 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 21, 195712:19
New Moon (after)Friday, March 1, 195716:13

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Friday, February 22, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 1957 to the new moon of March 1, 1957, a cycle of 29.78 days.