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The Moon on Thursday, February 12, 1942: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on February 12, 1942Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 February 1942368,387 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 12, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.0% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
368,387 km228,905 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1942 is on Sunday, February 1, 1942 at 09:12 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 15, 1942 at 10:03 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 8, 194214:52
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 15, 194210:03

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Thursday, February 12, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 1942 to the new moon of February 15, 1942, a cycle of 29.52 days.