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The Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1905: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on February 28, 1905Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 February 1905388,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 28, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
388,185 km241,207 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1905 is on Sunday, February 19, 1905 at 18:52 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 1905 at 05:19 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 26, 190510:04
New Moon (after)Monday, March 6, 190505:19

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Tuesday, February 28, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1905 to the new moon of March 6, 1905, a cycle of 29.76 days.