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The Moon on Friday, February 28, 1992: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on February 28, 1992Waning Crescent

Friday 28 February 1992404,965 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 28, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.5% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
404,965 km251,633 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1992 is on Tuesday, February 18, 1992 at 08:04 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 4, 1992 at 13:22 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 25, 199207:56
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 4, 199213:22

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Friday, February 28, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1992 to the new moon of March 4, 1992, a cycle of 29.77 days.