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The Moon on Sunday, February 16, 1930: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on February 16, 1930Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 February 1930371,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 16, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
371,286 km230,707 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1930 is on Thursday, February 13, 1930 at 08:39 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 28, 1930 at 13:33 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 13, 193008:39
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 20, 193008:44

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Sunday, February 16, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1930 to the new moon of February 28, 1930, a cycle of 29.77 days.