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The Moon on Monday, February 21, 1944: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on February 21, 1944Waning Crescent

Monday 21 February 1944362,595 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 21, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.8% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
362,595 km225,306 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1944 is on Wednesday, February 9, 1944 at 05:30 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 24, 1944 at 01:59 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Monday, February 21, 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.