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The Moon on Wednesday, February 14, 2018: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on February 14, 2018Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 February 2018402,057 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
402,057 km249,827 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 14, 2018 is on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 13:27 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 21:05 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 14

More about this date

Wednesday, February 14, 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.