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The Moon on Thursday, February 28, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 77.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on February 28, 1929Waning Gibbous

Thursday 28 February 1929395,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 28, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.1% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
395,817 km245,949 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1929 is on Saturday, February 23, 1929 at 18:59 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 1929 at 08:37 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 23, 192918:59
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 3, 192911:09

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Thursday, February 28, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 1929 to the new moon of March 11, 1929, a cycle of 29.61 days.