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The Moon on Saturday, February 7, 1948: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on February 7, 1948Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 February 1948405,595 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 7, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
405,595 km252,025 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 7, 1948 is on Monday, January 26, 1948 at 07:11 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 10, 1948 at 03:02 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 7

More about this date

Saturday, February 7, 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.