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The Moon on Sunday, February 27, 1938: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on February 27, 1938Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 February 1938398,240 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 27, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
398,240 km247,455 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1938 is on Monday, February 14, 1938 at 17:14 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 1938 at 05:40 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 22, 193804:24
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 2, 193805:40

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Sunday, February 27, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1938 to the new moon of March 2, 1938, a cycle of 29.67 days.