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Does the moon look smaller tonight? Here's why a 'micromoon' rises

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On Monday ( Feb. 17 ), the moon reaches what's known as apogee — its farthest point away from Earth .

The moon will be in the Virgo constellation at 8:10 p.m. ET (0110 GMT on Feb. 18 ) Tonight's moon is 19 days old , in the waning gibbous phase, and approaching its next phase, the half-lit third quarter moon.

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