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The Moon on Monday, February 18, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on February 18, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 February 2019357,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 18, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
357,519 km222,152 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 2019 is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:54 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 4, 2019 at 21:04 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Monday, February 18, 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.