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The Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 2078: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on February 16, 2078Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 16 February 2078365,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 16, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
365,396 km227,046 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 2078 is on Saturday, February 26, 2078 at 17:50 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 12, 2078 at 13:59 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 12, 207813:59
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 19, 207806:31

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Wednesday, February 16, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 2078 to the new moon of March 14, 2078, a cycle of 29.44 days.