Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1968: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on February 22, 1968Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 February 1968372,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 22, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.0% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
372,970 km231,753 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1968 is on Wednesday, February 14, 1968 at 06:43 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 28, 1968 at 06:56 UTC, 6 days later.

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Thursday, February 22, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1968 to the new moon of February 28, 1968, a cycle of 29.60 days.