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The Moon on Sunday, February 20, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on February 20, 2011Waning Gibbous

Sunday 20 February 2011359,536 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 20, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
359,536 km223,405 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 2011 is on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 08:36 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 18, 201108:36
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 24, 201123:27

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Sunday, February 20, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 2011 to the new moon of March 4, 2011, a cycle of 29.76 days.