New Moon February 2018

The February new moon brings the darkest nights of the month, from February 10 to February 18. Times convert to your time zone (showing UTC).

New moon

Exact new moon (showing UTC)

Moonless evenings
Feb 10 to Feb 18
Distance
398,551 km
Type
Average

What to do with the dark nights

With the Moon out of the sky, February's moonless window is the month's best chance for the Milky Way, faint galaxies and nebulae, and any meteor shower that falls inside it. The evenings just after new moon add a bonus: a thin young crescent low in the west after sunset, often with earthshine glowing on its dark side. See what else is happening this month on the astronomical events calendar.

All moon phases in February 2018

PhaseDate and time (UTC)
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter

See the whole month day by day on the moon phases calendar for your city.

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