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The Moon on Sunday, February 17, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on February 17, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 February 2008373,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 17, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.7% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
373,137 km231,857 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 03:45 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Sunday, February 17, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 2008 to the new moon of March 7, 2008, a cycle of 29.56 days.