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The Moon on Wednesday, February 23, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on February 23, 2050Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 February 2050361,475 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 23, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
361,475 km224,610 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2050 is on Tuesday, March 8, 2050 at 15:23 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 21, 2050 at 15:03 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 21, 205015:03
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 28, 205011:30

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Wednesday, February 23, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 2050 to the new moon of March 23, 2050, a cycle of 29.40 days.