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The Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 1949: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on February 22, 1949Waning Crescent

Tuesday 22 February 1949391,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 22, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.4% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
391,336 km243,165 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1949 is on Sunday, February 13, 1949 at 09:08 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 27, 1949 at 20:55 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 20, 194900:43
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 27, 194920:55

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Tuesday, February 22, 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.