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The Moon on Sunday, February 28, 1943: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on February 28, 1943Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 February 1943371,175 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 28, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.9% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
371,175 km230,638 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1943 is on Saturday, February 20, 1943 at 05:45 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 6, 1943 at 10:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 27, 194318:23
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 6, 194310:34

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Sunday, February 28, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1943 to the new moon of March 6, 1943, a cycle of 29.46 days.