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The Moon on Saturday, February 27, 1954: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on February 27, 1954Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 February 1954389,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 27, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.2% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
389,998 km242,333 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1954 is on Wednesday, February 17, 1954 at 19:18 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 5, 1954 at 03:11 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 25, 195423:29
New Moon (after)Friday, March 5, 195403:11

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Saturday, February 27, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1954 to the new moon of March 5, 1954, a cycle of 29.47 days.