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The Moon on Wednesday, February 23, 2022: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 55.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Last Quarter at

22:33UTC

Moon phase on February 23, 2022Last Quarter

Wednesday 23 February 2022371,891 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 23, 2022, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 55.1% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

55.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
371,891 km231,082 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2022 is on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 16:57 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 17:35 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 16, 202216:57
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 23, 202222:33
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 2, 202217:35

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Wednesday, February 23, 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.