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The Moon on Wednesday, February 18, 2026: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on February 18, 2026Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 February 2026380,794 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
380,794 km236,615 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 2026 is on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 11:38 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 17, 202612:01
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 24, 202612:28

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 2026 to the new moon of March 19, 2026, a cycle of 29.56 days.