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The Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 1948: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on February 3, 1948Waning Crescent

Tuesday 3 February 1948393,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 3, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.3% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
393,654 km244,605 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1948 is on Monday, January 26, 1948 at 07:11 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 10, 1948 at 03:02 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 2, 194800:32
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 10, 194803:02

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Tuesday, February 3, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 1948 to the new moon of February 10, 1948, a cycle of 29.80 days.