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The Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on February 22, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 22 February 1978395,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 22, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
395,486 km245,744 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1978 is on Thursday, February 23, 1978 at 01:27 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 9, 1978 at 02:36 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 14, 197822:11
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 23, 197801:27

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Wednesday, February 22, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1978 to the new moon of March 9, 1978, a cycle of 29.49 days.