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The Moon on Monday, February 9, 1948: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

29.2days

Moon phase on February 9, 1948Waning Crescent

Monday 9 February 1948406,666 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 9, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
406,666 km252,691 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1948 is on Monday, January 26, 1948 at 07:11 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 10, 1948 at 03:02 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Monday, February 9, 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.