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The Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on February 28, 2012Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 28 February 2012404,341 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 28, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
404,341 km251,246 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 2012 is on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 09:40 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 22:35 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 21, 201222:35
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 1, 201201:22

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 2012 to the new moon of March 22, 2012, a cycle of 29.67 days.