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The Moon on Sunday, February 17, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on February 17, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 February 2019360,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 17, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
360,162 km223,794 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 2019 is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:54 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 4, 2019 at 21:04 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 12, 201922:26
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 19, 201915:54

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Sunday, February 17, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 2019 to the new moon of March 6, 2019, a cycle of 29.79 days.