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The Moon on Friday, February 19, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on February 19, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Friday 19 February 1943401,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 19, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
401,749 km249,635 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1943 is on Saturday, February 20, 1943 at 05:45 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 4, 1943 at 23:29 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Friday, February 19, 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.