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The Moon on Friday, February 27, 1931: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on February 27, 1931Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 February 1931376,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 27, 1931, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.9% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
376,305 km233,825 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1931 is on Wednesday, March 4, 1931 at 10:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 17, 1931 at 13:11 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 25, 193116:42
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 4, 193110:36

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Friday, February 27, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 1931 to the new moon of March 19, 1931, a cycle of 29.78 days.