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The Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1944: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on February 12, 1944Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 February 1944404,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 12, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
404,560 km251,382 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1944 is on Wednesday, February 9, 1944 at 05:30 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 24, 1944 at 01:59 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 9, 194405:30
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 17, 194407:42

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Saturday, February 12, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1944 to the new moon of February 24, 1944, a cycle of 29.44 days.