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The Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on February 23, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 23 February 2010372,712 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 23, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.0% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
372,712 km231,592 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2010 is on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 16:38 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 02:52 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 22, 201000:43
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 28, 201016:38

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Tuesday, February 23, 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.