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The Moon on Monday, February 29, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on February 29, 2016Waning Gibbous

Monday 29 February 2016402,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 29, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.1% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
402,289 km249,971 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 29, 2016 is on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 18:20 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around February 29

More about this date

Monday, February 29, 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.