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The Moon on Sunday, February 21, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on February 21, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 February 2021398,459 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 21, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.3% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
398,459 km247,591 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 2021 is on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 08:17 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 19:06 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 19, 202118:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 27, 202108:17

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Sunday, February 21, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 2021 to the new moon of March 13, 2021, a cycle of 29.64 days.