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The Moon on Monday, February 23, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on February 23, 2015Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 February 2015371,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 23, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.8% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
371,607 km230,906 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, 5 days earlier.

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Monday, February 23, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2015 to the new moon of March 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.