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The Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 1973: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on February 28, 1973Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 February 1973398,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 28, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
398,853 km247,836 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1973 is on Saturday, February 17, 1973 at 10:07 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 25, 197303:10
New Moon (after)Monday, March 5, 197300:08

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Wednesday, February 28, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1973 to the new moon of March 5, 1973, a cycle of 29.61 days.