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The Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on February 22, 2011Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 22 February 2011366,595 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 22, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.5% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
366,595 km227,792 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2011 is on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 08:36 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 18, 201108:36
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 24, 201123:27

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 2011 to the new moon of March 4, 2011, a cycle of 29.76 days.