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The Moon on Friday, February 28, 1964: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on February 28, 1964Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 February 1964385,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 28, 1964, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
385,949 km239,817 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1964 is on Thursday, February 27, 1964 at 12:39 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 14, 1964 at 02:14 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 27, 196412:39
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 6, 196410:00

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Friday, February 28, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 13, 1964 to the new moon of March 14, 1964, a cycle of 29.55 days.