Skip to content
The Moon on Monday, February 12, 2018: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on February 12, 2018Waning Crescent

Monday 12 February 2018405,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 12, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
405,288 km251,834 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 2018 is on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 13:27 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 21:05 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Monday, February 12, 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.