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The Moon on Friday, February 17, 1939: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on February 17, 1939Waning Crescent

Friday 17 February 1939406,423 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 17, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
406,423 km252,540 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1939 is on Saturday, February 4, 1939 at 07:55 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 19, 1939 at 08:28 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 11, 193904:12
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 19, 193908:28

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Friday, February 17, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 1939 to the new moon of February 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.79 days.