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The Moon on Thursday, February 16, 1967: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on February 16, 1967Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 February 1967401,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 16, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
401,071 km249,214 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1967 is on Friday, February 24, 1967 at 17:43 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 9, 1967 at 10:44 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 9, 196710:44
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 17, 196715:56

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Thursday, February 16, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 1967 to the new moon of March 11, 1967, a cycle of 29.74 days.