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The Moon on Wednesday, February 29, 1984: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on February 29, 1984Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 February 1984405,411 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 29, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
405,411 km251,910 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 29, 1984 is on Friday, February 17, 1984 at 00:41 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 2, 1984 at 18:31 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 29

More about this date

Wednesday, February 29, 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.