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The Moon on Sunday, February 16, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on February 16, 1975Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 February 1975399,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 16, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.4% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
399,442 km248,202 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1975 is on Wednesday, February 26, 1975 at 01:15 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 11, 1975 at 05:17 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 11, 197505:17
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 19, 197507:39

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Sunday, February 16, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 1975 to the new moon of March 12, 1975, a cycle of 29.77 days.