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The Moon on Thursday, February 8, 2024: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on February 8, 2024Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 February 2024362,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 8, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
362,943 km225,522 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 2024 is on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 17:54 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 9, 2024 at 22:59 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 2, 202423:18
New Moon (after)Friday, February 9, 202422:59

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Thursday, February 8, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2024 to the new moon of February 9, 2024, a cycle of 29.46 days.