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The Moon on Friday, February 28, 1919: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on February 28, 1919Waning Crescent

Friday 28 February 1919374,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 28, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
374,910 km232,958 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1919 is on Friday, February 14, 1919 at 23:38 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 2, 1919 at 11:11 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 23, 191901:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 2, 191911:11

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Friday, February 28, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1919 to the new moon of March 2, 1919, a cycle of 29.50 days.