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The Moon on Friday, February 21, 2020: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on February 21, 2020Waning Crescent

Friday 21 February 2020398,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 21, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
398,219 km247,442 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 2020 is on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 07:33 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 15:32 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Friday, February 21, 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.