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The Moon on Wednesday, February 10, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on February 10, 2016Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 February 2016364,599 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 10, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.9% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
364,599 km226,551 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 10, 2016 is on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 18:20 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 14:39 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 8, 201614:39
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 15, 201607:47

The Moon around February 10

More about this date

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2016 to the new moon of March 9, 2016, a cycle of 29.47 days.