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The Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on February 27, 1906Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 February 1906402,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 27, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.4% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
402,696 km250,224 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1906 is on Saturday, March 10, 1906 at 20:17 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 1906 at 07:57 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 23, 190607:57
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 3, 190609:28

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Tuesday, February 27, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 1906 to the new moon of March 24, 1906, a cycle of 29.66 days.