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The Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on February 17, 1953Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 February 1953365,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 17, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
365,570 km227,155 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 14, 1953 at 01:10 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Tuesday, February 17, 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.