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The Moon on Thursday, February 15, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on February 15, 1940Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 February 1940396,743 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 15, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.9% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
396,743 km246,525 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1940 is on Friday, February 23, 1940 at 09:56 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 8, 1940 at 07:45 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Thursday, February 15, 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.