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The Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on February 20, 1946Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 February 1946399,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 20, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.7% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
399,976 km248,534 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1946 is on Saturday, February 16, 1946 at 04:28 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 3, 1946 at 18:02 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Wednesday, February 20, 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.