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The Moon on Sunday, February 20, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on February 20, 1927Waning Gibbous

Sunday 20 February 1927405,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 20, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
405,775 km252,137 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1927 is on Wednesday, February 16, 1927 at 16:18 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 3, 1927 at 19:25 UTC, 11 days later.

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Sunday, February 20, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 2, 1927 to the new moon of March 3, 1927, a cycle of 29.44 days.