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The Moon on Friday, February 28, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on February 28, 1941Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 February 1941402,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 28, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
402,651 km250,196 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1941 is on Thursday, March 13, 1941 at 11:47 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 26, 1941 at 03:02 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 26, 194103:02
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 6, 194107:43

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Friday, February 28, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 1941 to the new moon of March 27, 1941, a cycle of 29.72 days.