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The Moon on Tuesday, February 13, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on February 13, 1940Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 13 February 1940403,512 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 13, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
403,512 km250,731 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 13, 1940 is on Friday, February 23, 1940 at 09:56 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 8, 1940 at 07:45 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 13

More about this date

Tuesday, February 13, 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.