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The Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on February 27, 1947Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 February 1947373,747 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 27, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
373,747 km232,236 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1947 is on Friday, March 7, 1947 at 03:15 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 21, 1947 at 02:00 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 21, 194702:00
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 28, 194709:12

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Thursday, February 27, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1947 to the new moon of March 22, 1947, a cycle of 29.61 days.