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The Moon on Friday, February 17, 2023: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on February 17, 2023Waning Crescent

Friday 17 February 2023361,398 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 17, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
361,398 km224,562 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 2023 is on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 18:29 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 20, 2023 at 07:06 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Friday, February 17, 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.