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The Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1920: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on February 17, 1920Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 February 1920396,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 17, 1920, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
396,219 km246,199 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1920 is on Wednesday, February 4, 1920 at 08:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 19, 1920 at 21:35 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 11, 192020:49
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 19, 192021:35

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Tuesday, February 17, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1920 to the new moon of February 19, 1920, a cycle of 29.67 days.