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The Moon on Friday, February 29, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on February 29, 1952Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 February 1952382,301 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 29, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
382,301 km237,551 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 29, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 25, 195209:16
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 3, 195213:44

The Moon around February 29

More about this date

Friday, February 29, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1952 to the new moon of March 25, 1952, a cycle of 29.46 days.