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The Moon on Monday, February 25, 1946: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on February 25, 1946Waning Crescent

Monday 25 February 1946400,844 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 25, 1946, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.1% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
400,844 km249,073 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1946 is on Saturday, February 16, 1946 at 04:28 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 3, 1946 at 18:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 24, 194602:37
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 3, 194618:02

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Monday, February 25, 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.