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The Moon on Wednesday, February 3, 2016: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on February 3, 2016Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 February 2016394,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 3, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.0% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
394,044 km244,847 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 14:39 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 1, 201603:28
New Moon (after)Monday, February 8, 201614:39

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Wednesday, February 3, 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.