• Time Zone: (EDT), GMT-04:00
• Time Zone ID: America/New_York
• Day numbers: 47
• Week number: 7
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: No
Sunrise, Sunset Times for Feb 16th 2024
• Sunrise time: 07:03 am
• Sunset time: 05:47 pm
• Day length: 10h 43m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for Feb 16th 2024
• Moon Phase: First Quarter - 10:02 am
• Illumination: 53%
• Moon Age: 7.76 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
Holidays and National Days for February 16th 2024
February 16 in History
1760
Cherokee Indians held hostage at Fort St. George are killed in revenge for Indian attacks on frontier settlements.
1804
US Navy lieutenant Steven Decatur leads a small group of sailors into Tripoli harbor and burns the USS Philadelphia, captured earlier by Barbary pirates.
1862
Fort Donelson, Tennessee, falls to Grant‘s Federal forces, but not before Nathan Bedford Forrest escapes.
1865
Columbia, South Carolina, surrenders to Federal troops.
1923
Bessie Smith makes her first recording “Down Hearted Blues.”
→ See more: February 16 in History
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