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The Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on February 24, 1943Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 February 1943386,446 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 24, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.6% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
386,446 km240,126 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1943 is on Saturday, February 20, 1943 at 05:45 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 6, 1943 at 10:34 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Wednesday, February 24, 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.