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The Moon on Monday, February 22, 1971: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on February 22, 1971Waning Crescent

Monday 22 February 1971367,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 22, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
367,600 km228,416 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1971 is on Wednesday, February 10, 1971 at 07:42 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 25, 1971 at 09:49 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 18, 197112:14
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 25, 197109:49

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Monday, February 22, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1971 to the new moon of February 25, 1971, a cycle of 29.45 days.