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The Moon on Thursday, February 22, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on February 22, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 February 2024403,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 22, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
403,228 km250,554 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2024 is on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 12:31 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 9, 2024 at 22:59 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 16, 202415:01
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 24, 202412:31

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Thursday, February 22, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 2024 to the new moon of March 10, 2024, a cycle of 29.42 days.