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The Moon on Sunday, February 16, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on February 16, 2014Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 February 2014400,128 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 16, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
400,128 km248,628 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 2014 is on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 23:53 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 08:00 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 14, 201423:53
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 22, 201417:15

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Sunday, February 16, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 2014 to the new moon of March 1, 2014, a cycle of 29.43 days.