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The Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on February 23, 2016Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 February 2016399,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 23, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
399,943 km248,513 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2016 is on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 18:20 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 22, 201618:20
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 1, 201623:11

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Tuesday, February 23, 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.