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The Moon on Tuesday, February 8, 2022: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

First Quarter at

13:50UTC

Moon phase on February 8, 2022First Quarter

Tuesday 8 February 2022400,665 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.4% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
400,665 km248,962 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 2022 is on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 16:57 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 05:46 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 1, 202205:46
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, February 8, 202213:50
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 16, 202216:57

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Tuesday, February 8, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 2022 to the new moon of March 2, 2022, a cycle of 29.49 days.