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The Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on February 20, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 February 2013403,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 20, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.0% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
403,530 km250,742 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 2013 is on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 20:26 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 07:20 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 17, 201320:31
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 25, 201320:26

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Wednesday, February 20, 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.