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The Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on February 28, 1906Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 28 February 1906404,291 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 28, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.1% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
404,291 km251,215 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1906 is on Saturday, March 10, 1906 at 20:17 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 1906 at 07:57 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 23, 190607:57
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 3, 190609:28

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Wednesday, February 28, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 1906 to the new moon of March 24, 1906, a cycle of 29.66 days.