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The Moon on Saturday, February 22, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on February 22, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 February 1986387,773 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 22, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
387,773 km240,951 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1986 is on Monday, February 24, 1986 at 15:02 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 16, 198619:55
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 24, 198615:02

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Saturday, February 22, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 1986 to the new moon of March 10, 1986, a cycle of 29.58 days.