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The Moon on Friday, February 21, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on February 21, 2014Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 February 2014381,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 21, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.2% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
381,972 km237,346 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 2014 is on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 23:53 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 08:00 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Friday, February 21, 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.