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The Moon on Tuesday, February 19, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on February 19, 1946Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 19 February 1946396,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 19, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
396,592 km246,431 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1946 is on Saturday, February 16, 1946 at 04:28 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 3, 1946 at 18:02 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Tuesday, February 19, 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.