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The Moon on Friday, February 18, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on February 18, 2056Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 February 2056402,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 18, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
402,096 km249,850 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 2056 is on Thursday, March 2, 2056 at 00:40 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 15, 2056 at 14:00 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 15, 205614:00
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 23, 205617:12

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Friday, February 18, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 2056 to the new moon of March 16, 2056, a cycle of 29.70 days.