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The Moon on Monday, February 8, 2021: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on February 8, 2021Waning Crescent

Monday 8 February 2021375,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 8, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.5% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
375,250 km233,169 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 2021 is on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 19:16 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 19:06 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 4, 202117:37
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 11, 202119:06

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Monday, February 8, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 13, 2021 to the new moon of February 11, 2021, a cycle of 29.59 days.