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The Moon on Sunday, February 23, 2014: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on February 23, 2014Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 February 2014372,677 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 23, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.5% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
372,677 km231,571 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 22, 201417:15
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 1, 201408:00

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Sunday, February 23, 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.