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The Moon on Friday, February 17, 1967: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

First Quarter at

15:56UTC

Moon phase on February 17, 1967First Quarter

Friday 17 February 1967397,242 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 17, 1967, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.5% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
397,242 km246,835 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 9, 196710:44
First Quarter (this day)Friday, February 17, 196715:56
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 24, 196717:43

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Friday, February 17, 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.