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The Moon on Thursday, February 12, 1953: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on February 12, 1953Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 February 1953360,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 12, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
360,704 km224,131 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1953 is on Thursday, January 29, 1953 at 23:44 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 14, 1953 at 01:10 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 7, 195304:09
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 14, 195301:10

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Thursday, February 12, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1953 to the new moon of February 14, 1953, a cycle of 29.46 days.