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The Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on February 22, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 22 February 2040404,965 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 22, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 73.7% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
404,965 km251,634 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2040 is on Tuesday, February 28, 2040 at 01:00 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 12, 2040 at 14:24 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 19, 204021:34
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 28, 204001:00

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Wednesday, February 22, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 2040 to the new moon of March 13, 2040, a cycle of 29.47 days.