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The Moon on Monday, February 22, 2010: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

First Quarter at

00:43UTC

Moon phase on February 22, 2010First Quarter

Monday 22 February 2010378,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 22, 2010, the Moon was a First Quarter: 55.2% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

55.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
378,276 km235,050 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2010 is on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 16:38 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 02:52 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 14, 201002:52
First Quarter (this day)Monday, February 22, 201000:43
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 28, 201016:38

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Monday, February 22, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 2010 to the new moon of March 15, 2010, a cycle of 29.76 days.