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The Moon on Thursday, February 20, 1941: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on February 20, 1941Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 February 1941377,835 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 20, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.2% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
377,835 km234,776 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1941 is on Wednesday, February 12, 1941 at 00:26 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 26, 1941 at 03:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 18, 194118:07
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 26, 194103:02

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Thursday, February 20, 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.