Moon Phase on
Updated · Daily moon data sampled at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (UTC shown where relevant)
At 8:00 p.m. Eastern on , the moon is a Waning Crescent at 6.4% illumination.
Lunar Details
- Phase
Waning Crescent- Illumination at 8 p.m. ET
- 6.4%
- Moon age
- 27.21 days since new moon
- Sample instant
- , 8:00 p.m. EST (, 1:00 a.m. UTC)
- Moonrise in New York City
- , 5:29 a.m. EST (, 10:29 a.m. UTC)
- 13 month date
- February 17, 2026
- Next exact principal phase after this sample
- New Moon:
7:01 a.m. EST
, 12:01 p.m. UTC
Daily phase names group the cycle into eight broad phase sectors, using progress between exact astronomical events. They describe the 8 p.m. Eastern sample, not the instant of a new moon, quarter moon, or full moon. The tables list those exact principal-phase instants separately.
Moonrise is calculated for New York City.
See every day in the February 2026 moon calendar.