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The Moon on Sunday, February 22, 2009: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on February 22, 2009Waning Crescent

Sunday 22 February 2009401,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 22, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
401,209 km249,300 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2009 is on Monday, February 9, 2009 at 14:49 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 01:35 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 16, 200921:37
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 25, 200901:35

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Sunday, February 22, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 2009 to the new moon of February 25, 2009, a cycle of 29.74 days.