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The Moon on Friday, February 19, 2021: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

First Quarter at

18:48UTC

Moon phase on February 19, 2021First Quarter

Friday 19 February 2021403,714 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 19, 2021, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.5% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
403,714 km250,856 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 2021 is on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 08:17 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 19:06 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 11, 202119:06
First Quarter (this day)Friday, February 19, 202118:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 27, 202108:17

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Friday, February 19, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 2021 to the new moon of March 13, 2021, a cycle of 29.64 days.