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The Moon on Monday, February 22, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on February 22, 1999Waxing Crescent

Monday 22 February 1999369,845 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 22, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.1% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
369,845 km229,811 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1999 is on Tuesday, March 2, 1999 at 06:59 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 16, 1999 at 06:39 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 16, 199906:39
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 23, 199902:43

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Monday, February 22, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1999 to the new moon of March 17, 1999, a cycle of 29.51 days.