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The Moon on Monday, February 23, 1942: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

First Quarter at

03:40UTC

Moon phase on February 23, 1942First Quarter

Monday 23 February 1942404,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 23, 1942, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.4% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
404,391 km251,277 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1942 is on Tuesday, March 3, 1942 at 00:20 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 15, 1942 at 10:03 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 15, 194210:03
First Quarter (this day)Monday, February 23, 194203:40
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 3, 194200:20

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Monday, February 23, 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.