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The Moon on Thursday, February 13, 1947: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 44.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on February 13, 1947Waning Crescent

Thursday 13 February 1947401,731 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 13, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.5% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
401,731 km249,624 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 13, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 21, 1947 at 02:00 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 12, 194721:58
New Moon (after)Friday, February 21, 194702:00

The Moon around February 13

More about this date

Thursday, February 13, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1947 to the new moon of February 21, 1947, a cycle of 29.73 days.