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The Moon on Wednesday, February 18, 2015: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

New Moon at

23:47UTC

Moon phase on February 18, 2015New Moon

Wednesday 18 February 2015357,642 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 18, 2015, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
357,642 km222,229 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 2015 is on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 23:09 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 12, 201503:50
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, February 18, 201523:47
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 25, 201517:14

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Wednesday, February 18, 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.