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The Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 63.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on February 17, 1952Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 February 1952382,629 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 17, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.5% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
382,629 km237,754 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1952 is on Monday, February 11, 1952 at 00:28 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 11, 195200:28
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 18, 195218:01

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Sunday, February 17, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1952 to the new moon of February 25, 1952, a cycle of 29.45 days.