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The Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 1961: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

First Quarter at

08:35UTC

Moon phase on February 22, 1961First Quarter

Wednesday 22 February 1961395,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 22, 1961, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.5% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
395,530 km245,771 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1961 is on Thursday, March 2, 1961 at 13:35 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 15, 1961 at 08:10 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 15, 196108:10
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 22, 196108:35
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 2, 196113:35

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Wednesday, February 22, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1961 to the new moon of March 16, 1961, a cycle of 29.44 days.