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The Moon on Friday, February 22, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on February 22, 2008Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 February 2008389,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 22, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
389,245 km241,865 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Friday, February 22, 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.