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The Moon on Friday, February 14, 1947: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on February 14, 1947Waning Crescent

Friday 14 February 1947404,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 14, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.3% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
404,022 km251,048 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 14, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 21, 1947 at 02:00 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around February 14

More about this date

Friday, February 14, 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.