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The Moon on Monday, February 8, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on February 8, 1943Waxing Crescent

Monday 8 February 1943374,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 8, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.4% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
374,898 km232,951 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1943 is on Saturday, February 20, 1943 at 05:45 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 4, 1943 at 23:29 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 4, 194323:29
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 12, 194300:40

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Monday, February 8, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1943 to the new moon of March 6, 1943, a cycle of 29.46 days.