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The Moon on Thursday, February 28, 2019: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on February 28, 2019Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 February 2019399,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 28, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.6% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
399,316 km248,124 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 2019 is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:54 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 26, 201911:28
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 6, 201916:04

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Thursday, February 28, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 2019 to the new moon of March 6, 2019, a cycle of 29.79 days.