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The Moon on Wednesday, February 28, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on February 28, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 February 1996404,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 28, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.9% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
404,897 km251,591 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1996 at 23:30 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 26, 199605:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 5, 199609:23

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Wednesday, February 28, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1996 to the new moon of March 19, 1996, a cycle of 29.47 days.