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The Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on February 28, 1978Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 28 February 1978376,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 28, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
376,068 km233,678 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1978 is on Thursday, February 23, 1978 at 01:27 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 9, 1978 at 02:36 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 23, 197801:27
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 2, 197808:34

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Tuesday, February 28, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1978 to the new moon of March 9, 1978, a cycle of 29.49 days.