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The Moon on Wednesday, February 14, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on February 14, 1940Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 February 1940400,662 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 14, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.6% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
400,662 km248,959 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 14, 1940 is on Friday, February 23, 1940 at 09:56 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 8, 1940 at 07:45 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 14

More about this date

Wednesday, February 14, 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.