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The Moon on Thursday, February 17, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on February 17, 2022Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 February 2022389,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 17, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
389,099 km241,775 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 2022 is on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 16:57 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 17:35 UTC, 13 days later.

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Thursday, February 17, 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.