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The Moon on Sunday, February 7, 2016: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on February 7, 2016Waning Crescent

Sunday 7 February 2016373,080 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 7, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
373,080 km231,821 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around February 7

More about this date

Sunday, February 7, 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.