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The Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on February 15, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 February 2022396,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 15, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
396,029 km246,081 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 2022 is on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 16:57 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 05:46 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 8, 202213:50
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 16, 202216:57

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Tuesday, February 15, 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.