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The Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on February 17, 1946Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 February 1946388,475 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 17, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
388,475 km241,387 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1946 is on Saturday, February 16, 1946 at 04:28 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 3, 1946 at 18:02 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 16, 194604:28
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 24, 194602:37

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Sunday, February 17, 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.