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The Moon on Thursday, February 23, 2017: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on February 23, 2017Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 February 2017392,163 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 23, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
392,163 km243,678 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2017 is on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 00:33 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 14:59 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Thursday, February 23, 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.