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The Moon on Wednesday, February 23, 1944: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on February 23, 1944Waning Crescent

Wednesday 23 February 1944357,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 23, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
357,055 km221,864 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1944 is on Wednesday, February 9, 1944 at 05:30 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 24, 1944 at 01:59 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Wednesday, February 23, 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.