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The Moon on Friday, February 19, 1971: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on February 19, 1971Waning Crescent

Friday 19 February 1971385,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 19, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.0% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
385,948 km239,817 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1971 is on Wednesday, February 10, 1971 at 07:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 25, 1971 at 09:49 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 18, 197112:14
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 25, 197109:49

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Friday, February 19, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1971 to the new moon of February 25, 1971, a cycle of 29.45 days.