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The Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 1948: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on February 4, 1948Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 February 1948397,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 4, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.2% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
397,976 km247,291 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 4, 1948 is on Monday, January 26, 1948 at 07:11 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 10, 1948 at 03:02 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around February 4

More about this date

Wednesday, February 4, 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.