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The Moon on Sunday, February 16, 2081: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

First Quarter at

21:59UTC

Moon phase on February 16, 2081First Quarter

Sunday 16 February 2081386,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 16, 2081, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 45.8% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

45.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
386,608 km240,227 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 2081 is on Sunday, February 23, 2081 at 14:27 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 8, 2081 at 20:17 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 8, 208120:17
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, February 16, 208121:59
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 23, 208114:27

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Sunday, February 16, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2081 to the new moon of March 10, 2081, a cycle of 29.79 days.