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The Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on February 23, 1943Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 February 1943389,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 23, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.7% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
389,998 km242,334 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1943 is on Saturday, February 20, 1943 at 05:45 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 6, 1943 at 10:34 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 20, 194305:45
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 27, 194318:23

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Tuesday, February 23, 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.