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The Moon on Sunday, February 15, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on February 15, 1953Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 February 1953358,234 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 15, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
358,234 km222,596 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 14, 1953 at 01:10 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 14, 195301:10
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 20, 195317:45

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Sunday, February 15, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 1953 to the new moon of March 15, 1953, a cycle of 29.41 days.