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The Moon on Monday, February 21, 1955: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on February 21, 1955Waning Crescent

Monday 21 February 1955383,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 21, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
383,671 km238,402 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 22, 1955 at 15:54 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Monday, February 21, 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.