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The Moon on Sunday, February 27, 1916: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on February 27, 1916Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 February 1916369,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 27, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.6% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
369,130 km229,366 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1916 is on Saturday, February 19, 1916 at 02:28 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 4, 1916 at 03:57 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 26, 191609:24
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 4, 191603:57

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Sunday, February 27, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1916 to the new moon of March 4, 1916, a cycle of 29.49 days.