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The Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1909: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on February 16, 1909Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 February 1909374,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 16, 1909, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.7% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
374,066 km232,434 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1909 is on Friday, February 5, 1909 at 08:25 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 20, 1909 at 10:52 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 13, 190912:47
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 20, 190910:52

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Tuesday, February 16, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1909 to the new moon of February 20, 1909, a cycle of 29.44 days.