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The Moon on Wednesday, February 7, 2018: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 51.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Last Quarter at

15:54UTC

Moon phase on February 7, 2018Last Quarter

Wednesday 7 February 2018396,156 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 7, 2018, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.7% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
396,156 km246,160 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 7, 2018 is on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 13:27 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 21:05 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 31, 201813:27
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 7, 201815:54
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 15, 201821:05

The Moon around February 7

More about this date

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 2018 to the new moon of February 15, 2018, a cycle of 29.78 days.