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The Moon on Friday, February 2, 1951: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on February 2, 1951Waning Crescent

Friday 2 February 1951365,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 2, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.4% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
365,656 km227,208 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1951 is on Tuesday, January 23, 1951 at 04:47 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 6, 1951 at 07:54 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 30, 195115:14
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 6, 195107:54

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Friday, February 2, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 1951 to the new moon of February 6, 1951, a cycle of 29.49 days.