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The Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1976: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Last Quarter at

08:16UTC

Moon phase on February 22, 1976Last Quarter

Sunday 22 February 1976376,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 22, 1976, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.4% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
376,088 km233,690 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 15, 197616:43
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, February 22, 197608:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 29, 197623:25

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Sunday, February 22, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1976 to the new moon of February 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.71 days.