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The Moon on Thursday, February 24, 2022: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on February 24, 2022Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 February 2022370,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 24, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
370,013 km229,915 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2022 is on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 16:57 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 17:35 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 23, 202222:33
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 2, 202217:35

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Thursday, February 24, 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.