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The Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 1951: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 55.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Last Quarter at

23:00UTC

Moon phase on February 28, 1951Last Quarter

Wednesday 28 February 1951370,571 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 28, 1951, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 55.4% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

55.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
370,571 km230,262 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1951 is on Wednesday, February 21, 1951 at 21:12 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 21, 195121:12
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 28, 195123:00
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 7, 195120:51

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Wednesday, February 28, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1951 to the new moon of March 7, 1951, a cycle of 29.54 days.