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The Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on February 18, 1999Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 February 1999370,542 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 18, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
370,542 km230,244 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1999 is on Tuesday, March 2, 1999 at 06:59 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 16, 1999 at 06:39 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 16, 199906:39
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 23, 199902:43

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Thursday, February 18, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1999 to the new moon of March 17, 1999, a cycle of 29.51 days.