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The Moon on Sunday, February 20, 1944: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on February 20, 1944Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 February 1944367,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 20, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.9% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
367,568 km228,396 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1944 is on Wednesday, February 9, 1944 at 05:30 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 24, 1944 at 01:59 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Sunday, February 20, 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.