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The Moon on Thursday, February 16, 2068: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on February 16, 2068Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 February 2068404,692 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 16, 2068, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
404,692 km251,464 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 2068 is on Saturday, February 18, 2068 at 04:38 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 3, 2068 at 13:44 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 10, 206805:20
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 18, 206804:38

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Thursday, February 16, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 2068 to the new moon of March 3, 2068, a cycle of 29.41 days.