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The Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 1929: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on February 27, 1929Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 February 1929391,257 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 27, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.9% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
391,257 km243,116 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1929 is on Saturday, February 23, 1929 at 18:59 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 1929 at 08:37 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 23, 192918:59
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 3, 192911:09

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Wednesday, February 27, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 1929 to the new moon of March 11, 1929, a cycle of 29.61 days.