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The Moon on Thursday, February 23, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on February 23, 2012Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 February 2012396,956 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 23, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
396,956 km246,657 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2012 is on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 09:40 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 22:35 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 21, 201222:35
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 1, 201201:22

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Thursday, February 23, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 2012 to the new moon of March 22, 2012, a cycle of 29.67 days.