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The Moon on Friday, February 18, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on February 18, 2022Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 February 2022385,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 18, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
385,680 km239,650 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 2022 is on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 16:57 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 17:35 UTC, 12 days later.

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Friday, February 18, 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.