Waxing · 76.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°
Moon age
9.5days
Moon phase on February 28, 2015Waxing Gibbous
On Saturday, February 28, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.8% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.
76.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
398,004 km247,308 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to February 28, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, 10 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Wednesday, February 25, 2015 | 17:14 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | 18:06 |
The Moon around February 28
More about this date
Saturday, February 28, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2015 to the new moon of March 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in February 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
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