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The Moon on Friday, February 28, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on February 28, 1997Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 February 1997391,299 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 28, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.4% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
391,299 km243,142 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1997 is on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at 10:27 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 22, 199710:27
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 2, 199709:38

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Friday, February 28, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1997 to the new moon of March 9, 1997, a cycle of 29.42 days.