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The Moon on Thursday, February 17, 1944: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Last Quarter at

07:42UTC

Moon phase on February 17, 1944Last Quarter

Thursday 17 February 1944385,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 17, 1944, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.3% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
385,448 km239,506 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1944 is on Wednesday, February 9, 1944 at 05:30 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 24, 1944 at 01:59 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 9, 194405:30
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, February 17, 194407:42
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 24, 194401:59

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Thursday, February 17, 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.