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The Moon on Friday, February 28, 1958: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 66.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on February 28, 1958Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 February 1958382,862 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 28, 1958, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.6% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
382,862 km237,899 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1958 is on Wednesday, March 5, 1958 at 18:28 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 18, 1958 at 15:38 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 26, 195820:52
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 5, 195818:28

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Friday, February 28, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1958 to the new moon of March 20, 1958, a cycle of 29.76 days.