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The Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 1912: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on February 28, 1912Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 February 1912364,920 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 28, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
364,920 km226,751 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1912 is on Sunday, March 3, 1912 at 10:42 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1912 at 05:44 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 25, 191219:27
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 3, 191210:42

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Wednesday, February 28, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1912 to the new moon of March 18, 1912, a cycle of 29.68 days.