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The Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 1943: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on February 2, 1943Waning Crescent

Tuesday 2 February 1943360,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 2, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.1% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
360,554 km224,038 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1943 is on Thursday, January 21, 1943 at 10:48 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 4, 1943 at 23:29 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 29, 194308:13
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 4, 194323:29

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Tuesday, February 2, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1943 to the new moon of February 4, 1943, a cycle of 29.45 days.