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The Moon on Friday, February 23, 1979: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on February 23, 1979Waning Crescent

Friday 23 February 1979363,159 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 23, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.8% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
363,159 km225,656 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1979 is on Monday, February 12, 1979 at 02:40 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 26, 1979 at 16:45 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Friday, February 23, 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.