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The Moon on Wednesday, February 13, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on February 13, 2008Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 13 February 2008370,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 13, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
370,276 km230,079 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 13, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 03:45 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 7, 200803:45
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 14, 200803:34

The Moon around February 13

More about this date

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 2008 to the new moon of March 7, 2008, a cycle of 29.56 days.