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The Moon on Friday, February 29, 2008: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Last Quarter at

02:19UTC

Moon phase on February 29, 2008Last Quarter

Friday 29 February 2008403,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 29, 2008, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.3% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
403,078 km250,461 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 29, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 21, 200803:31
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, February 29, 200802:19
New Moon (after)Friday, March 7, 200817:14

The Moon around February 29

More about this date

Friday, February 29, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 2008 to the new moon of March 7, 2008, a cycle of 29.56 days.