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The Moon on Wednesday, February 19, 1947: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on February 19, 1947Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 February 1947399,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 19, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
399,072 km247,971 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 21, 1947 at 02:00 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Wednesday, February 19, 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.