Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°
Full Moon at
18:20UTC
Moon phase on February 22, 2016Full Moon
On Monday, February 22, 2016, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
397,181 km246,797 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Snow Moon, 397,942 km from Earth.
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to February 22, 2016 is on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 18:20 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 14:39 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Monday, February 15, 2016 | 07:47 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Monday, February 22, 2016 | 18:20 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Tuesday, March 1, 2016 | 23:11 |
The Moon around February 22
More about this date
Monday, February 22, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2016 to the new moon of March 9, 2016, a cycle of 29.47 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in February 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.