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The Moon on Wednesday, February 17, 2072: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on February 17, 2072Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 February 2072406,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 17, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
406,495 km252,584 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 2072 is on Thursday, February 4, 2072 at 04:55 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 19, 2072 at 02:04 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Wednesday, February 17, 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.