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The Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 2017: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on February 22, 2017Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 February 2017396,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 22, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.6% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
396,442 km246,338 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2017 is on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 00:33 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 14:59 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 18, 201719:33
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 26, 201714:59

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 2017 to the new moon of February 26, 2017, a cycle of 29.62 days.