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The Moon on Wednesday, February 17, 1937: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on February 17, 1937Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 February 1937369,866 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 17, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.6% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
369,866 km229,824 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1937 is on Thursday, February 25, 1937 at 07:43 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 11, 1937 at 07:34 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 11, 193707:34
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 18, 193703:50

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Wednesday, February 17, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 1937 to the new moon of March 12, 1937, a cycle of 29.50 days.