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The Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on February 28, 1933Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 28 February 1933398,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 28, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
398,118 km247,379 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1933 is on Sunday, March 12, 1933 at 02:46 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 24, 1933 at 12:44 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 24, 193312:44
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 4, 193310:23

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Tuesday, February 28, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 24, 1933 to the new moon of March 26, 1933, a cycle of 29.61 days.