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The Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 2072: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on February 16, 2072Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 February 2072405,888 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 16, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
405,888 km252,207 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 2072 is on Thursday, February 4, 2072 at 04:55 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 19, 2072 at 02:04 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 10, 207223:27
New Moon (after)Friday, February 19, 207202:04

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Tuesday, February 16, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2072 to the new moon of February 19, 2072, a cycle of 29.81 days.