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The Moon on Sunday, February 28, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on February 28, 1993Waxing Crescent

Sunday 28 February 1993393,053 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 28, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
393,053 km244,232 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1993 is on Monday, March 8, 1993 at 09:46 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 21, 1993 at 13:05 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 21, 199313:05
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 1, 199315:47

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Sunday, February 28, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1993 to the new moon of March 23, 1993, a cycle of 29.76 days.