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The Moon on Monday, February 20, 2017: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on February 20, 2017Waning Crescent

Monday 20 February 2017402,668 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 20, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.4% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
402,668 km250,206 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 2017 is on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 00:33 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 14:59 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Monday, February 20, 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.