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The Moon on Sunday, February 22, 1998: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on February 22, 1998Waning Crescent

Sunday 22 February 1998380,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 22, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.3% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
380,413 km236,378 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1998 is on Wednesday, February 11, 1998 at 10:23 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 26, 1998 at 17:26 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 19, 199815:27
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 26, 199817:26

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Sunday, February 22, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1998 to the new moon of February 26, 1998, a cycle of 29.48 days.