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The Moon on Friday, February 28, 2003: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on February 28, 2003Waning Crescent

Friday 28 February 2003388,691 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 28, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.1% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
388,691 km241,521 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 2003 is on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 23:51 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 23, 200316:46
New Moon (after)Monday, March 3, 200302:35

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Friday, February 28, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 2003 to the new moon of March 3, 2003, a cycle of 29.66 days.