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The Moon on Friday, February 21, 2048: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

First Quarter at

19:22UTC

Moon phase on February 21, 2048First Quarter

Friday 21 February 2048404,205 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 21, 2048, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.2% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
404,205 km251,161 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 2048 is on Saturday, February 29, 2048 at 14:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 14, 2048 at 00:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 14, 204800:31
First Quarter (this day)Friday, February 21, 204819:22
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 29, 204814:38

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Friday, February 21, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 2048 to the new moon of March 14, 2048, a cycle of 29.58 days.