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The Moon on Thursday, February 16, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on February 16, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 February 1984357,468 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 16, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
357,468 km222,120 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1984 is on Friday, February 17, 1984 at 00:41 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 1, 1984 at 23:47 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 10, 198404:00
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 17, 198400:41

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Thursday, February 16, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 1984 to the new moon of March 2, 1984, a cycle of 29.78 days.