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The Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on February 17, 1942Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 February 1942384,742 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 17, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
384,742 km239,068 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1942 is on Tuesday, March 3, 1942 at 00:20 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 15, 1942 at 10:03 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 15, 194210:03
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 23, 194203:40

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Tuesday, February 17, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1942 to the new moon of March 16, 1942, a cycle of 29.57 days.