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The Moon on Friday, February 25, 1949: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on February 25, 1949Waning Crescent

Friday 25 February 1949401,400 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 25, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
401,400 km249,419 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1949 is on Sunday, February 13, 1949 at 09:08 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 27, 1949 at 20:55 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Friday, February 25, 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.