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The Moon on Monday, February 27, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on February 27, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 February 1950391,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 27, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.0% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
391,232 km243,100 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1950 is on Saturday, March 4, 1950 at 10:34 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 16, 1950 at 22:53 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 25, 195001:52
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 4, 195010:34

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Monday, February 27, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1950 to the new moon of March 18, 1950, a cycle of 29.69 days.