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The Moon on Friday, February 22, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

7.8days

Moon phase on February 22, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 February 1991370,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 22, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.3% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
370,089 km229,962 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1991 is on Thursday, February 28, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 14, 1991 at 17:32 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Friday, February 22, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 1991 to the new moon of March 16, 1991, a cycle of 29.61 days.