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The Moon on Saturday, February 20, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on February 20, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 February 2016390,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 20, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.8% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
390,943 km242,921 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Saturday, February 20, 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.