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The Moon on Saturday, February 18, 2017: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Last Quarter at

19:33UTC

Moon phase on February 18, 2017Last Quarter

Saturday 18 February 2017404,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 18, 2017, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.1% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
404,267 km251,200 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 2017 is on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 00:33 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 14:59 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 11, 201700:33
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, February 18, 201719:33
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 26, 201714:59

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Saturday, February 18, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 2017 to the new moon of February 26, 2017, a cycle of 29.62 days.