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The Moon on Thursday, February 21, 2008: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Full Moon at

03:31UTC

Moon phase on February 21, 2008Full Moon

Thursday 21 February 2008385,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 21, 2008, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
385,140 km239,315 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Snow Moon, 383,746 km from Earth. Total lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 03:45 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, February 14, 200803:34
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, February 21, 200803:31
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 29, 200802:19

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Thursday, February 21, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 2008 to the new moon of March 7, 2008, a cycle of 29.56 days.