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The Moon on Friday, February 23, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on February 23, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 February 1945391,860 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 23, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.5% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
391,860 km243,490 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1945 is on Tuesday, February 27, 1945 at 00:07 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 12, 1945 at 17:33 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Friday, February 23, 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.