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The Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on February 22, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 February 1945388,203 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 22, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
388,203 km241,218 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1945 is on Tuesday, February 27, 1945 at 00:07 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 12, 1945 at 17:33 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 19, 194508:38
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 27, 194500:07

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Thursday, February 22, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 1945 to the new moon of March 14, 1945, a cycle of 29.43 days.