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The Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 66.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on February 27, 1951Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 February 1951371,669 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 27, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.5% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
371,669 km230,944 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1951 is on Wednesday, February 21, 1951 at 21:12 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 8 days later.

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Tuesday, February 27, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1951 to the new moon of March 7, 1951, a cycle of 29.54 days.