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The Moon on Friday, February 17, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

0.5days

Moon phase on February 17, 1950Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 February 1950392,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 17, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 0.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
0.5 dMoon age
392,696 km244,010 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1950 is on Thursday, February 2, 1950 at 22:16 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 16, 1950 at 22:53 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 16, 195022:53
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 25, 195001:52

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Friday, February 17, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1950 to the new moon of March 18, 1950, a cycle of 29.69 days.