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The Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on February 21, 1950Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 February 1950403,890 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 21, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.8% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
403,890 km250,966 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1950 is on Saturday, March 4, 1950 at 10:34 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 16, 1950 at 22:53 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Tuesday, February 21, 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.