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The Moon on Friday, February 28, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

8.2days

Moon phase on February 28, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 February 2042387,721 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 28, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 65.9% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
387,721 km240,919 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 2042 is on Thursday, March 6, 2042 at 20:10 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 20, 2042 at 07:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 26, 204223:29
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 6, 204220:10

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Friday, February 28, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 2042 to the new moon of March 21, 2042, a cycle of 29.41 days.