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The Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on February 22, 2023Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 February 2023366,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
366,948 km228,011 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2023 is on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 12:41 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 20, 2023 at 07:06 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 20, 202307:06
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 27, 202308:06

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 2023 to the new moon of March 21, 2023, a cycle of 29.43 days.