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The Moon on Thursday, February 28, 1963: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on February 28, 1963Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 February 1963366,310 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 28, 1963, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
366,310 km227,615 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1963 is on Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 07:49 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 24, 1963 at 02:06 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 24, 196302:06
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 2, 196317:17

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Thursday, February 28, 1963 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 24, 1963 to the new moon of March 25, 1963, a cycle of 29.42 days.