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The Moon on Tuesday, February 25, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on February 25, 1947Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 25 February 1947379,539 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 25, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
379,539 km235,835 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1947 is on Friday, March 7, 1947 at 03:15 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 21, 1947 at 02:00 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 21, 194702:00
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 28, 194709:12

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Tuesday, February 25, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1947 to the new moon of March 22, 1947, a cycle of 29.61 days.