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The Moon on Monday, February 22, 1988: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on February 22, 1988Waxing Crescent

Monday 22 February 1988377,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 22, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.5% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
377,674 km234,676 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1988 is on Thursday, March 3, 1988 at 16:01 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 17, 1988 at 15:54 UTC, 5 days earlier.

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Monday, February 22, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 1988 to the new moon of March 18, 1988, a cycle of 29.42 days.