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The Moon on Thursday, February 16, 1933: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

21.5days

Moon phase on February 16, 1933Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 February 1933370,926 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 16, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.5% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
370,926 km230,482 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1933 is on Friday, February 10, 1933 at 13:01 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 24, 1933 at 12:44 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 10, 193313:01
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 17, 193314:08

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Thursday, February 16, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1933 to the new moon of February 24, 1933, a cycle of 29.56 days.