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The Moon on Thursday, February 17, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on February 17, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 February 1916399,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 17, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
399,108 km247,994 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1916 is on Saturday, February 19, 1916 at 02:28 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 1916 at 16:05 UTC, 14 days earlier.

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Thursday, February 17, 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.