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The Moon on Monday, February 22, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on February 22, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Monday 22 February 2021394,222 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 22, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.2% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
394,222 km244,958 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2021 is on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 08:17 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 19:06 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Monday, February 22, 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.