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The Moon on Monday, February 22, 1960: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on February 22, 1960Waning Crescent

Monday 22 February 1960367,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 22, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
367,585 km228,407 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1960 is on Friday, February 12, 1960 at 17:24 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 26, 1960 at 18:24 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 19, 196023:48
New Moon (after)Friday, February 26, 196018:24

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Monday, February 22, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1960 to the new moon of February 26, 1960, a cycle of 29.51 days.