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The Moon on Friday, February 22, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on February 22, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 February 2013398,613 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 22, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
398,613 km247,687 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2013 is on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 20:26 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 07:20 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 17, 201320:31
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 25, 201320:26

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Friday, February 22, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 10, 2013 to the new moon of March 11, 2013, a cycle of 29.52 days.