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The Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 1927: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on March 2, 1927Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 March 1927361,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 2, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
361,037 km224,338 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1927 is on Wednesday, February 16, 1927 at 16:18 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 3, 1927 at 19:25 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Wednesday, March 2, 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.