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The Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 2015: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on February 17, 2015Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 February 2015360,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
360,192 km223,813 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 2015 is on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 23:09 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 12, 201503:50
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 18, 201523:47

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2015 to the new moon of February 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.44 days.