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The Moon on Saturday, February 10, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on February 10, 1940Waxing Crescent

Saturday 10 February 1940406,059 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 10, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
406,059 km252,313 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 10, 1940 is on Friday, February 23, 1940 at 09:56 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 8, 1940 at 07:45 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 8, 194007:45
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 16, 194012:56

The Moon around February 10

More about this date

Saturday, February 10, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 1940 to the new moon of March 9, 1940, a cycle of 29.78 days.