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The Moon on Sunday, February 16, 2020: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on February 16, 2020Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 February 2020378,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 16, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.9% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
378,796 km235,373 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 2020 is on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 07:33 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 15:32 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 15, 202022:17
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 23, 202015:32

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Sunday, February 16, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 2020 to the new moon of February 23, 2020, a cycle of 29.74 days.