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The Moon on Friday, February 15, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on February 15, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 February 1946380,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 15, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
380,563 km236,471 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1946 is on Saturday, February 16, 1946 at 04:28 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 2, 1946 at 04:43 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 9, 194604:28
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 16, 194604:28

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Friday, February 15, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 2, 1946 to the new moon of March 3, 1946, a cycle of 29.55 days.