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The Moon on Friday, February 16, 1917: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on February 16, 1917Waning Crescent

Friday 16 February 1917373,603 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 16, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.8% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
373,603 km232,146 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1917 is on Wednesday, February 7, 1917 at 03:28 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 21, 1917 at 18:09 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 15, 191701:53
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 21, 191718:09

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Friday, February 16, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 1917 to the new moon of February 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.44 days.