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The Moon on Sunday, February 23, 1941: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on February 23, 1941Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 February 1941387,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 23, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
387,825 km240,983 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1941 is on Wednesday, February 12, 1941 at 00:26 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 26, 1941 at 03:02 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Sunday, February 23, 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.