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The Moon on Friday, February 17, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on February 17, 2040Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 February 2040389,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 17, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
389,390 km241,955 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 2040 is on Tuesday, February 28, 2040 at 01:00 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 12, 2040 at 14:24 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 12, 204014:24
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 19, 204021:34

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Friday, February 17, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 2040 to the new moon of March 13, 2040, a cycle of 29.47 days.