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The Moon on Thursday, February 4, 2016: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on February 4, 2016Waning Crescent

Thursday 4 February 2016388,954 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 4, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.4% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
388,954 km241,685 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 4, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 14:39 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around February 4

More about this date

Thursday, February 4, 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.