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The Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on February 15, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 February 2011370,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 15, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.8% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
370,709 km230,348 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 2011 is on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 08:36 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 02:31 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 11, 201107:19
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 18, 201108:36

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 2011 to the new moon of March 4, 2011, a cycle of 29.76 days.