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The Moon on Saturday, February 23, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on February 23, 1974Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 February 1974396,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 23, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
396,427 km246,328 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1974 is on Friday, March 8, 1974 at 10:03 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 22, 1974 at 05:34 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 22, 197405:34
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 1, 197418:03

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Saturday, February 23, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 22, 1974 to the new moon of March 23, 1974, a cycle of 29.66 days.