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The Moon on Saturday, February 19, 1955: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on February 19, 1955Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 February 1955392,745 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 19, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.8% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
392,745 km244,040 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 22, 1955 at 15:54 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Saturday, February 19, 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.