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The Moon on Monday, February 27, 1939: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

First Quarter at

03:26UTC

Moon phase on February 27, 1939First Quarter

Monday 27 February 1939375,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 27, 1939, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.0% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
375,651 km233,418 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 19, 1939 at 08:28 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 19, 193908:28
First Quarter (this day)Monday, February 27, 193903:26
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 5, 193918:00

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Monday, February 27, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1939 to the new moon of March 21, 1939, a cycle of 29.72 days.