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The Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1984: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on February 28, 1984Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 February 1984403,685 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 28, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
403,685 km250,838 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1984 is on Friday, February 17, 1984 at 00:41 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 2, 1984 at 18:31 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 23, 198417:12
New Moon (after)Friday, March 2, 198418:31

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Tuesday, February 28, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 1984 to the new moon of March 2, 1984, a cycle of 29.78 days.