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The Moon on Thursday, February 20, 2020: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on February 20, 2020Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 February 2020395,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 20, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
395,123 km245,518 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 2020 is on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 07:33 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 15:32 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Thursday, February 20, 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.