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The Moon on Monday, February 1, 2016: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Last Quarter at

03:28UTC

Moon phase on February 1, 2016Last Quarter

Monday 1 February 2016401,668 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 1, 2016, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.8% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
401,668 km249,585 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 14:39 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 24, 201601:46
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, February 1, 201603:28
New Moon (after)Monday, February 8, 201614:39

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Monday, February 1, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 2016 to the new moon of February 8, 2016, a cycle of 29.55 days.