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The Moon on Friday, February 20, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on February 20, 1942Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 February 1942398,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 20, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
398,413 km247,562 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1942 is on Tuesday, March 3, 1942 at 00:20 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 15, 1942 at 10:03 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Friday, February 20, 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.