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The Moon on Thursday, February 28, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on February 28, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 February 1901385,345 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 28, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
385,345 km239,442 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1901 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1901 at 08:04 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1901 at 02:45 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 25, 190118:38
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 5, 190108:04

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Thursday, February 28, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1901 to the new moon of March 20, 1901, a cycle of 29.42 days.