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The Moon on Friday, February 23, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on February 23, 2007Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 February 2007371,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 23, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.9% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
371,970 km231,131 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2007 is on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 23:17 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 16:14 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 17, 200716:14
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 24, 200707:56

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Friday, February 23, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 2007 to the new moon of March 19, 2007, a cycle of 29.44 days.