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The Moon on Sunday, February 11, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on February 11, 1940Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 February 1940406,117 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 11, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
406,117 km252,350 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1940 is on Friday, February 23, 1940 at 09:56 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 8, 1940 at 07:45 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Sunday, February 11, 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.