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The Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on February 1, 1933Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 1 February 1933400,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 1, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
400,903 km249,109 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 1933 is on Friday, February 10, 1933 at 13:01 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 25, 1933 at 23:20 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 25, 193323:20
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 2, 193313:16

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Wednesday, February 1, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1933 to the new moon of February 24, 1933, a cycle of 29.56 days.