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The Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 1947: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on February 18, 1947Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 February 1947401,738 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 18, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
401,738 km249,628 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 21, 1947 at 02:00 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Tuesday, February 18, 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.