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The Moon on Friday, February 27, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on February 27, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 February 1953405,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 27, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
405,998 km252,276 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 14, 1953 at 01:10 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 20, 195317:45
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 28, 195318:59

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Friday, February 27, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 1953 to the new moon of March 15, 1953, a cycle of 29.41 days.