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The Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 1971: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on February 23, 1971Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 February 1971362,662 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 23, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
362,662 km225,347 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1971 is on Wednesday, February 10, 1971 at 07:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 25, 1971 at 09:49 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Tuesday, February 23, 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.