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The Moon on Monday, February 15, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on February 15, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 February 1943405,394 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 15, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.0% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
405,394 km251,900 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1943 is on Saturday, February 20, 1943 at 05:45 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 4, 1943 at 23:29 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 12, 194300:40
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 20, 194305:45

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Monday, February 15, 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.