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The Moon on Monday, February 16, 2015: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on February 16, 2015Waning Crescent

Monday 16 February 2015364,398 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 16, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
364,398 km226,426 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 2015 is on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 23:09 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 12, 201503:50
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 18, 201523:47

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Monday, February 16, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2015 to the new moon of February 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.44 days.