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The Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on February 28, 1945Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 February 1945404,624 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 28, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
404,624 km251,422 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1945 is on Tuesday, February 27, 1945 at 00:07 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 14, 1945 at 03:51 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 27, 194500:07
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 7, 194504:30

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Wednesday, February 28, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 1945 to the new moon of March 14, 1945, a cycle of 29.43 days.