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The Moon on Tuesday, February 22, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on February 22, 2056Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 February 2056403,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 22, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
403,663 km250,824 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2056 is on Thursday, March 2, 2056 at 00:40 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 15, 2056 at 14:00 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 15, 205614:00
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 23, 205617:12

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Tuesday, February 22, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 2056 to the new moon of March 16, 2056, a cycle of 29.70 days.