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The Moon on Monday, February 18, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on February 18, 1946Waning Gibbous

Monday 18 February 1946392,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 18, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
392,654 km243,984 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1946 is on Saturday, February 16, 1946 at 04:28 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 3, 1946 at 18:02 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Monday, February 18, 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.