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The Moon on Monday, February 28, 2022: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on February 28, 2022Waning Crescent

Monday 28 February 2022368,964 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 28, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.6% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
368,964 km229,263 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 2022 is on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 16:57 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 17:35 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Monday, February 28, 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.