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The Moon on Friday, February 22, 1946: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on February 22, 1946Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 February 1946403,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 22, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.1% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
403,992 km251,029 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1946 is on Saturday, February 16, 1946 at 04:28 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 3, 1946 at 18:02 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Friday, February 22, 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.