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The Moon on Saturday, February 27, 1943: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Last Quarter at

18:23UTC

Moon phase on February 27, 1943Last Quarter

Saturday 27 February 1943374,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 27, 1943, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.1% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
374,934 km232,973 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1943 is on Saturday, February 20, 1943 at 05:45 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 6, 1943 at 10:34 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 20, 194305:45
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, February 27, 194318:23
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 6, 194310:34

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Saturday, February 27, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1943 to the new moon of March 6, 1943, a cycle of 29.46 days.