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The Moon on Thursday, February 19, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on February 19, 1953Waxing Crescent

Thursday 19 February 1953376,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 19, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.9% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
376,810 km234,139 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 14, 1953 at 01:10 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Thursday, February 19, 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.