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The Moon on Friday, February 18, 1944: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on February 18, 1944Waning Crescent

Friday 18 February 1944379,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 18, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.7% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
379,479 km235,797 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1944 is on Wednesday, February 9, 1944 at 05:30 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 24, 1944 at 01:59 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 17, 194407:42
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 24, 194401:59

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Friday, February 18, 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.