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The Moon on Friday, February 28, 2053: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on February 28, 2053Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 February 2053367,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 28, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 78.1% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
367,843 km228,567 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 2053 is on Tuesday, March 4, 2053 at 17:10 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 18, 2053 at 16:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 25, 205322:09
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 4, 205317:10

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Friday, February 28, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2053 to the new moon of March 20, 2053, a cycle of 29.61 days.