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The Moon on Saturday, February 22, 1997: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 100.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Full Moon at

10:27UTC

Moon phase on February 22, 1997Full Moon

Saturday 22 February 1997406,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 22, 1997, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
406,188 km252,394 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Snow Moon, 406,219 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1997 is on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at 10:27 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 14, 199708:58
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, February 22, 199710:27
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 2, 199709:38

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Saturday, February 22, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1997 to the new moon of March 9, 1997, a cycle of 29.42 days.