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The Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on February 16, 1971Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 16 February 1971400,444 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 16, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.4% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
400,444 km248,824 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1971 is on Wednesday, February 10, 1971 at 07:42 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 25, 1971 at 09:49 UTC, 9 days later.

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Tuesday, February 16, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1971 to the new moon of February 25, 1971, a cycle of 29.45 days.