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The Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1936: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on February 27, 1936Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 February 1936368,798 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 27, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.5% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
368,798 km229,160 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1936 is on Sunday, March 8, 1936 at 05:14 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 22, 1936 at 18:42 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 22, 193618:42
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 29, 193609:28

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Thursday, February 27, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 22, 1936 to the new moon of March 23, 1936, a cycle of 29.40 days.