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The Moon on Thursday, February 28, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on February 28, 1952Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 February 1952376,247 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 28, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.7% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
376,247 km233,789 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 25, 195209:16
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 3, 195213:44

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Thursday, February 28, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1952 to the new moon of March 25, 1952, a cycle of 29.46 days.