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The Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on February 16, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 February 2011365,374 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 16, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.0% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
365,374 km227,033 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 2011 is on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 08:36 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 02:31 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Wednesday, February 16, 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.