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The Moon on Friday, February 22, 1963: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on February 22, 1963Waning Crescent

Friday 22 February 1963371,384 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 22, 1963, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
371,384 km230,767 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1963 is on Friday, February 8, 1963 at 14:52 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 24, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 16, 196317:39
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 24, 196302:06

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Friday, February 22, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1963 to the new moon of February 24, 1963, a cycle of 29.52 days.