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The Moon on Thursday, February 17, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on February 17, 1938Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 February 1938381,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 17, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.4% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
381,255 km236,901 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1938 is on Monday, February 14, 1938 at 17:14 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 1938 at 05:40 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 14, 193817:14
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 22, 193804:24

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Thursday, February 17, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1938 to the new moon of March 2, 1938, a cycle of 29.67 days.