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The Moon on Saturday, February 23, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on February 23, 2019Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 February 2019371,528 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 23, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.0% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
371,528 km230,857 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2019 is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:54 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Saturday, February 23, 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.