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The Moon on Friday, February 16, 2001: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on February 16, 2001Waning Crescent

Friday 16 February 2001397,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 16, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.8% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
397,294 km246,867 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 2001 is on Thursday, February 8, 2001 at 07:12 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 2001 at 08:21 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 15, 200103:24
New Moon (after)Friday, February 23, 200108:21

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Friday, February 16, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 2001 to the new moon of February 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.80 days.