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The Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on February 20, 2018Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 February 2018383,388 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 20, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.0% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
383,388 km238,226 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 2018 is on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 00:51 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 21:05 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 15, 201821:05
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 23, 201808:09

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 2018 to the new moon of March 17, 2018, a cycle of 29.67 days.