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The Moon on Sunday, February 22, 2026: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 27.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on February 22, 2026Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 February 2026371,548 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 22, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.8% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
371,548 km230,869 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2026 is on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 11:38 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:01 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 17, 202612:01
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 24, 202612:28

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Sunday, February 22, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 2026 to the new moon of March 19, 2026, a cycle of 29.56 days.