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The Moon on Thursday, February 8, 2018: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on February 8, 2018Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 February 2018400,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 8, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.0% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
400,286 km248,726 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 7, 201815:54
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 15, 201821:05

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Thursday, February 8, 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.