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The Moon on Saturday, February 18, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on February 18, 2040Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 February 2040394,610 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 18, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 36.7% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
394,610 km245,199 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 2040 is on Tuesday, February 28, 2040 at 01:00 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 12, 2040 at 14:24 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Saturday, February 18, 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.