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The Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 1977: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on February 16, 1977Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 February 1977377,740 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 16, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
377,740 km234,717 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1977 is on Friday, February 4, 1977 at 03:56 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 18, 1977 at 03:37 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 11, 197704:07
New Moon (after)Friday, February 18, 197703:37

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Wednesday, February 16, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 19, 1977 to the new moon of February 18, 1977, a cycle of 29.56 days.