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The Moon on Thursday, February 28, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on February 28, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 February 1980401,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 28, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.0% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
401,348 km249,386 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 23, 198000:14
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 1, 198021:00

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Thursday, February 28, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1980 to the new moon of March 16, 1980, a cycle of 29.42 days.