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The Moon on Friday, February 18, 1955: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on February 18, 1955Waning Crescent

Friday 18 February 1955396,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 18, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.7% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
396,900 km246,622 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 22, 1955 at 15:54 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 14, 195519:40
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 22, 195515:54

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Friday, February 18, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 1955 to the new moon of February 22, 1955, a cycle of 29.62 days.