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The Moon on Friday, February 22, 1952: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on February 22, 1952Waning Crescent

Friday 22 February 1952361,963 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 22, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
361,963 km224,914 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1952 is on Monday, February 11, 1952 at 00:28 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 18, 195218:01
New Moon (after)Monday, February 25, 195209:16

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Friday, February 22, 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.