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The Moon on Monday, February 16, 1987: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on February 16, 1987Waning Gibbous

Monday 16 February 1987390,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 16, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.2% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
390,622 km242,721 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1987 is on Friday, February 13, 1987 at 20:58 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 28, 1987 at 00:51 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 13, 198720:58
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 21, 198708:56

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Monday, February 16, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1987 to the new moon of February 28, 1987, a cycle of 29.46 days.