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The Moon on Friday, February 8, 2013: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on February 8, 2013Waning Crescent

Friday 8 February 2013365,919 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 8, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
365,919 km227,371 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 04:39 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 07:20 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 3, 201313:56
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 10, 201307:20

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Friday, February 8, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2013 to the new moon of February 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.48 days.