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The Moon on Wednesday, February 15, 2023: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on February 15, 2023Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 February 2023370,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 15, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.3% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
370,010 km229,914 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 2023 is on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 18:29 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 20, 2023 at 07:06 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 13, 202316:01
New Moon (after)Monday, February 20, 202307:06

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 2023 to the new moon of February 20, 2023, a cycle of 29.43 days.