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The Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1979: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on February 22, 1979Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 February 1979367,677 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 22, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.1% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
367,677 km228,464 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1979 is on Monday, February 12, 1979 at 02:40 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 26, 1979 at 16:45 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 20, 197901:17
New Moon (after)Monday, February 26, 197916:45

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Thursday, February 22, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1979 to the new moon of February 26, 1979, a cycle of 29.43 days.