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The Moon on Saturday, February 8, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on February 8, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 February 2020365,109 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 8, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
365,109 km226,868 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 2020 is on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 07:33 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 2, 202001:42
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 9, 202007:33

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Saturday, February 8, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 2020 to the new moon of February 23, 2020, a cycle of 29.74 days.