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The Moon on Monday, February 28, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on February 28, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Monday 28 February 1972394,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 28, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
394,654 km245,227 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1972 is on Tuesday, February 29, 1972 at 03:12 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 15, 1972 at 00:29 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 21, 197217:20
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 29, 197203:12

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Monday, February 28, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1972 to the new moon of March 15, 1972, a cycle of 29.46 days.