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The Moon on Saturday, February 28, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on February 28, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 February 1931370,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 28, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.7% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
370,212 km230,039 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1931 is on Wednesday, March 4, 1931 at 10:36 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 17, 1931 at 13:11 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 25, 193116:42
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 4, 193110:36

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Saturday, February 28, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 1931 to the new moon of March 19, 1931, a cycle of 29.78 days.