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The Moon on Wednesday, February 17, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on February 17, 1926Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 February 1926376,858 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 17, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
376,858 km234,169 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1926 is on Saturday, February 27, 1926 at 16:51 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 12, 1926 at 17:20 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 12, 192617:20
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 19, 192612:36

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Wednesday, February 17, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 1926 to the new moon of March 14, 1926, a cycle of 29.42 days.