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The Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on February 22, 1977Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 February 1977400,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 22, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.4% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
400,269 km248,715 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1977 is on Saturday, March 5, 1977 at 17:13 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 18, 1977 at 03:37 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 18, 197703:37
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 26, 197702:50

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Tuesday, February 22, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1977 to the new moon of March 19, 1977, a cycle of 29.62 days.