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The Moon on Thursday, February 14, 2008: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

First Quarter at

03:34UTC

Moon phase on February 14, 2008First Quarter

Thursday 14 February 2008370,258 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 14, 2008, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
370,258 km230,067 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 14, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 03:45 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 7, 200803:45
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, February 14, 200803:34
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 21, 200803:31

The Moon around February 14

More about this date

Thursday, February 14, 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.