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The Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1928: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

First Quarter at

03:21UTC

Moon phase on February 28, 1928First Quarter

Tuesday 28 February 1928372,839 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 28, 1928, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.2% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
372,839 km231,671 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1928 is on Tuesday, March 6, 1928 at 11:27 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 1928 at 09:41 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 21, 192809:41
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, February 28, 192803:21
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 6, 192811:27

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Tuesday, February 28, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1928 to the new moon of March 21, 1928, a cycle of 29.45 days.