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The Moon on Thursday, February 20, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on February 20, 2014Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 February 2014386,388 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 20, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.0% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
386,388 km240,090 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 2014 is on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 23:53 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 08:00 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 14, 201423:53
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 22, 201417:15

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Thursday, February 20, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 2014 to the new moon of March 1, 2014, a cycle of 29.43 days.