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The Moon on Friday, February 9, 2018: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on February 9, 2018Waning Crescent

Friday 9 February 2018403,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 9, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.8% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
403,264 km250,577 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 2018 is on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 13:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 21:05 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Friday, February 9, 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.