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The Moon on Saturday, February 18, 2023: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on February 18, 2023Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 February 2023358,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 18, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
358,972 km223,055 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 2023 is on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 18:29 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 20, 2023 at 07:06 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Saturday, February 18, 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.