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The Moon on Thursday, February 16, 1905: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on February 16, 1905Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 February 1905375,260 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 16, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.8% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
375,260 km233,176 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1905 is on Sunday, February 19, 1905 at 18:52 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 4, 1905 at 11:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 12, 190516:20
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 19, 190518:52

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Thursday, February 16, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1905 to the new moon of March 6, 1905, a cycle of 29.76 days.