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The Moon on Thursday, February 28, 1957: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on February 28, 1957Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 February 1957406,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 28, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
406,275 km252,448 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1957 is on Thursday, February 14, 1957 at 16:38 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 21, 195712:19
New Moon (after)Friday, March 1, 195716:13

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Thursday, February 28, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 1957 to the new moon of March 1, 1957, a cycle of 29.78 days.