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The Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on February 27, 1941Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 February 1941400,292 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 27, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
400,292 km248,730 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1941 is on Thursday, March 13, 1941 at 11:47 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 26, 1941 at 03:02 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 26, 194103:02
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 6, 194107:43

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Thursday, February 27, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 1941 to the new moon of March 27, 1941, a cycle of 29.72 days.