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The Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on February 22, 1981Waning Gibbous

Sunday 22 February 1981402,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 22, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
402,210 km249,922 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1981 is on Wednesday, February 18, 1981 at 22:58 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 18, 198122:58
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 27, 198101:14

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Sunday, February 22, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1981 to the new moon of March 6, 1981, a cycle of 29.51 days.