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The Moon on Saturday, February 15, 1947: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on February 15, 1947Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 February 1947405,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 15, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.6% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
405,071 km251,699 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 21, 1947 at 02:00 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Saturday, February 15, 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.