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The Moon on Wednesday, February 11, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on February 11, 1948Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 February 1948405,076 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 11, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
405,076 km251,703 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1948 is on Tuesday, February 24, 1948 at 17:16 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 10, 1948 at 03:02 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 10, 194803:02
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 18, 194801:55

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Wednesday, February 11, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 10, 1948 to the new moon of March 10, 1948, a cycle of 29.76 days.