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The Moon on Thursday, February 16, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on February 16, 2017Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 February 2017400,727 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 16, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.4% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
400,727 km249,000 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 2017 is on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 00:33 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 14:59 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 11, 201700:33
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 18, 201719:33

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Thursday, February 16, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 2017 to the new moon of February 26, 2017, a cycle of 29.62 days.