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The Moon on Thursday, February 17, 1994: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on February 17, 1994Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 February 1994403,721 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 17, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.4% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
403,721 km250,860 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1994 is on Saturday, February 26, 1994 at 01:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 10, 1994 at 14:30 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 10, 199414:30
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 18, 199417:48

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Thursday, February 17, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 10, 1994 to the new moon of March 12, 1994, a cycle of 29.69 days.