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The Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on February 20, 2019Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 February 2019358,019 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 20, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
358,019 km222,463 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 2019 is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:54 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 19, 201915:54
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 26, 201911:28

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Wednesday, February 20, 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.