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The Moon on Monday, February 16, 2009: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Last Quarter at

21:37UTC

Moon phase on February 16, 2009Last Quarter

Monday 16 February 2009398,809 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 16, 2009, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.0% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
398,809 km247,809 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 2009 is on Monday, February 9, 2009 at 14:49 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 01:35 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 9, 200914:49
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, February 16, 200921:37
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 25, 200901:35

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Monday, February 16, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 2009 to the new moon of February 25, 2009, a cycle of 29.74 days.