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The Moon on Wednesday, February 15, 1950: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on February 15, 1950Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 February 1950385,667 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 15, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
385,667 km239,642 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1950 is on Thursday, February 2, 1950 at 22:16 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 16, 1950 at 22:53 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 9, 195018:32
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 16, 195022:53

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Wednesday, February 15, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1950 to the new moon of February 16, 1950, a cycle of 29.62 days.