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The Moon on Monday, February 28, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on February 28, 1944Waxing Crescent

Monday 28 February 1944373,963 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 28, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
373,963 km232,370 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1944 is on Friday, March 10, 1944 at 00:28 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 24, 1944 at 01:59 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 24, 194401:59
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 1, 194420:40

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Monday, February 28, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 24, 1944 to the new moon of March 24, 1944, a cycle of 29.40 days.