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The Moon on Sunday, February 28, 1954: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on February 28, 1954Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 February 1954384,106 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 28, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
384,106 km238,672 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1954 is on Wednesday, February 17, 1954 at 19:18 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 5, 1954 at 03:11 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 25, 195423:29
New Moon (after)Friday, March 5, 195403:11

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Sunday, February 28, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1954 to the new moon of March 5, 1954, a cycle of 29.47 days.