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The Moon on Thursday, February 19, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on February 19, 1942Waxing Crescent

Thursday 19 February 1942394,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 19, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.7% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
394,327 km245,024 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1942 is on Tuesday, March 3, 1942 at 00:20 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 15, 1942 at 10:03 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Thursday, February 19, 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.