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The Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on February 22, 1966Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 February 1966404,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 22, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
404,438 km251,306 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 20, 196610:49
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 28, 196610:15

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Tuesday, February 22, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 1966 to the new moon of March 22, 1966, a cycle of 29.75 days.