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The Moon on Monday, February 28, 1927: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on February 28, 1927Waning Crescent

Monday 28 February 1927370,872 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 28, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
370,872 km230,449 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1927 is on Wednesday, February 16, 1927 at 16:18 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 3, 1927 at 19:25 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 24, 192720:43
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 3, 192719:25

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Monday, February 28, 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.