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The Moon on Thursday, February 23, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on February 23, 1939Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 February 1939393,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 23, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
393,793 km244,691 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 19, 1939 at 08:28 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 19, 193908:28
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 27, 193903:26

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Thursday, February 23, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1939 to the new moon of March 21, 1939, a cycle of 29.72 days.