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The Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on February 8, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 February 1941387,376 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 8, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
387,376 km240,704 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1941 is on Wednesday, February 12, 1941 at 00:26 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 27, 1941 at 11:03 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 4, 194111:42
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 12, 194100:26

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Saturday, February 8, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 27, 1941 to the new moon of February 26, 1941, a cycle of 29.67 days.