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The Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 1952: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on February 27, 1952Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 February 1952370,591 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 27, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
370,591 km230,274 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 25, 195209:16
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 3, 195213:44

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Wednesday, February 27, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1952 to the new moon of March 25, 1952, a cycle of 29.46 days.