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The Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on February 15, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 February 1916403,770 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 15, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
403,770 km250,891 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1916 is on Saturday, February 19, 1916 at 02:28 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 1916 at 16:05 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Tuesday, February 15, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1916 to the new moon of March 4, 1916, a cycle of 29.49 days.