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The Moon on Friday, February 4, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on February 4, 1949Waxing Crescent

Friday 4 February 1949402,650 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 4, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.8% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
402,650 km250,195 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 4, 1949 is on Sunday, February 13, 1949 at 09:08 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 29, 1949 at 02:42 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 29, 194902:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 6, 194908:05

The Moon around February 4

More about this date

Friday, February 4, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1949 to the new moon of February 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.76 days.