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The Moon on Saturday, February 16, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on February 16, 1918Waxing Crescent

Saturday 16 February 1918370,928 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 16, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
370,928 km230,484 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1918 is on Monday, February 25, 1918 at 21:34 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 11, 1918 at 10:04 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 11, 191810:04
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 18, 191800:57

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Saturday, February 16, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 1918 to the new moon of March 12, 1918, a cycle of 29.41 days.