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The Moon on Monday, February 28, 1938: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on February 28, 1938Waning Crescent

Monday 28 February 1938394,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 28, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
394,756 km245,290 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1938 is on Monday, February 14, 1938 at 17:14 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 1938 at 05:40 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 22, 193804:24
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 2, 193805:40

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Monday, February 28, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1938 to the new moon of March 2, 1938, a cycle of 29.67 days.