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The Moon on Friday, February 27, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on February 27, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 February 1942395,418 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 27, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
395,418 km245,701 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1942 is on Tuesday, March 3, 1942 at 00:20 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 15, 1942 at 10:03 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 23, 194203:40
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 3, 194200:20

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Friday, February 27, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1942 to the new moon of March 16, 1942, a cycle of 29.57 days.