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The Moon on Friday, February 19, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on February 19, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Friday 19 February 2016387,609 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 19, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
387,609 km240,849 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 2016 is on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 18:20 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 14:39 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 15, 201607:47
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 22, 201618:20

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Friday, February 19, 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.