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The Moon on Saturday, February 20, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on February 20, 1999Waxing Crescent

Saturday 20 February 1999368,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 20, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.7% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
368,646 km229,066 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1999 is on Tuesday, March 2, 1999 at 06:59 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 16, 1999 at 06:39 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Saturday, February 20, 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.