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The Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on February 22, 1996Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 February 1996379,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 22, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.5% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
379,932 km236,079 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1996 at 23:30 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 18, 199623:30
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 26, 199605:53

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Thursday, February 22, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1996 to the new moon of March 19, 1996, a cycle of 29.47 days.