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The Moon on Thursday, February 15, 2018: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

New Moon at

21:05UTC

Moon phase on February 15, 2018New Moon

Thursday 15 February 2018399,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 15, 2018, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
399,577 km248,285 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 2018 is on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 00:51 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 21:05 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 7, 201815:54
New Moon (this day)Thursday, February 15, 201821:05
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 23, 201808:09

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Thursday, February 15, 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.