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The Moon on Friday, February 16, 1912: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on February 16, 1912Waning Crescent

Friday 16 February 1912404,243 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 16, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
404,243 km251,185 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1912 is on Friday, February 2, 1912 at 23:58 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1912 at 05:44 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 10, 191200:51
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 18, 191205:44

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Friday, February 16, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 19, 1912 to the new moon of February 18, 1912, a cycle of 29.77 days.