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The Moon on Wednesday, February 23, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on February 23, 1927Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 23 February 1927399,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 23, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.4% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
399,049 km247,958 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1927 is on Wednesday, February 16, 1927 at 16:18 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 3, 1927 at 19:25 UTC, 8 days later.

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Wednesday, February 23, 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.