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The Moon on Thursday, February 23, 1995: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on February 23, 1995Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 February 1995370,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 23, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.3% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
370,209 km230,037 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1995 is on Wednesday, February 15, 1995 at 12:15 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 1, 1995 at 11:48 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 22, 199513:04
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 1, 199511:48

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Thursday, February 23, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 1995 to the new moon of March 1, 1995, a cycle of 29.54 days.