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The Moon on Thursday, February 23, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on February 23, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 February 2040404,558 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 23, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 81.5% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
404,558 km251,381 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2040 is on Tuesday, February 28, 2040 at 01:00 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 12, 2040 at 14:24 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Thursday, February 23, 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.