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The Moon on Friday, February 21, 2025: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on February 21, 2025Waning Crescent

Friday 21 February 2025397,596 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 21, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
397,596 km247,055 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 2025 is on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 13:54 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 28, 2025 at 00:45 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 20, 202517:33
New Moon (after)Friday, February 28, 202500:45

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Friday, February 21, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 2025 to the new moon of February 28, 2025, a cycle of 29.51 days.