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The Moon on Sunday, February 28, 1965: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on February 28, 1965Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 February 1965403,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 28, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
403,066 km250,454 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1965 is on Tuesday, February 16, 1965 at 00:27 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 3, 1965 at 09:56 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 23, 196505:39
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 3, 196509:56

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Sunday, February 28, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 1965 to the new moon of March 3, 1965, a cycle of 29.72 days.