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The Moon on Wednesday, February 3, 1943: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on February 3, 1943Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 February 1943358,729 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 3, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
358,729 km222,903 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1943 is on Thursday, January 21, 1943 at 10:48 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 4, 1943 at 23:29 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Wednesday, February 3, 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.