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The Moon on Monday, February 28, 2000: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on February 28, 2000Waning Crescent

Monday 28 February 2000404,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 28, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.6% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
404,519 km251,356 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 2000 is on Saturday, February 19, 2000 at 16:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 2000 at 05:17 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 27, 200003:54
New Moon (after)Monday, March 6, 200005:17

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Monday, February 28, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 5, 2000 to the new moon of March 6, 2000, a cycle of 29.68 days.