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The Moon on Friday, February 17, 1928: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on February 17, 1928Waning Crescent

Friday 17 February 1928390,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 17, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
390,488 km242,638 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1928 is on Sunday, February 5, 1928 at 20:11 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 1928 at 09:41 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 13, 192819:05
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 21, 192809:41

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Friday, February 17, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1928 to the new moon of February 21, 1928, a cycle of 29.56 days.