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The Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 2020: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on February 18, 2020Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 February 2020387,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 18, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.0% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
387,670 km240,887 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 2020 is on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 07:33 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 15:32 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 15, 202022:17
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 23, 202015:32

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Tuesday, February 18, 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.