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The Moon on Friday, February 22, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on February 22, 2019Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 February 2019365,806 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 22, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
365,806 km227,301 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2019 is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:54 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 19, 201915:54
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 26, 201911:28

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Friday, February 22, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 2019 to the new moon of March 6, 2019, a cycle of 29.79 days.