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The Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 1900: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on February 28, 1900Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 February 1900357,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 28, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
357,705 km222,268 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1900 is on Wednesday, February 14, 1900 at 13:50 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 1, 1900 at 11:25 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 22, 190016:44
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 1, 190011:25

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Wednesday, February 28, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1900 to the new moon of March 1, 1900, a cycle of 29.42 days.