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The Moon on Tuesday, February 29, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on February 29, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 29 February 2056370,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 29, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
370,035 km229,929 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 29, 2056 is on Thursday, March 2, 2056 at 00:40 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 15, 2056 at 14:00 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 23, 205617:12
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 2, 205600:40

The Moon around February 29

More about this date

Tuesday, February 29, 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.