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The Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1989: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Last Quarter at

20:08UTC

Moon phase on February 28, 1989Last Quarter

Tuesday 28 February 1989394,073 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 28, 1989, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
394,073 km244,866 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1989 is on Monday, February 20, 1989 at 15:32 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 20, 198915:32
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, February 28, 198920:08
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 7, 198918:19

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Tuesday, February 28, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1989 to the new moon of March 7, 1989, a cycle of 29.45 days.