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The Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 1918: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on February 27, 1918Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 February 1918406,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 27, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
406,337 km252,486 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1918 is on Monday, February 25, 1918 at 21:34 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 12, 1918 at 19:52 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 25, 191821:34
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 6, 191800:43

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Wednesday, February 27, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 1918 to the new moon of March 12, 1918, a cycle of 29.41 days.