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The Moon on Sunday, February 22, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on February 22, 2015Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 February 2015366,095 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 22, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
366,095 km227,481 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, 4 days earlier.

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Sunday, February 22, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2015 to the new moon of March 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.