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The Moon on Monday, February 20, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on February 20, 1950Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 February 1950402,023 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 20, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
402,023 km249,805 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1950 is on Saturday, March 4, 1950 at 10:34 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 16, 1950 at 22:53 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Monday, February 20, 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.