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The Moon on Sunday, February 16, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on February 16, 1941Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 February 1941366,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 16, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.9% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
366,802 km227,920 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1941 is on Wednesday, February 12, 1941 at 00:26 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 26, 1941 at 03:02 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 12, 194100:26
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 18, 194118:07

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Sunday, February 16, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 27, 1941 to the new moon of February 26, 1941, a cycle of 29.67 days.