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The Moon on Thursday, February 14, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on February 14, 2013Waxing Crescent

Thursday 14 February 2013390,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 14, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.7% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
390,788 km242,825 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 14, 2013 is on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 20:26 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 07:20 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 10, 201307:20
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 17, 201320:31

The Moon around February 14

More about this date

Thursday, February 14, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 10, 2013 to the new moon of March 11, 2013, a cycle of 29.52 days.