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The Moon on Sunday, February 27, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 27.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on February 27, 1955Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 February 1955369,349 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 27, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.7% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
369,349 km229,503 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1955 is on Tuesday, March 8, 1955 at 15:41 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 22, 1955 at 15:54 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 22, 195515:54
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 1, 195512:41

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Sunday, February 27, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 22, 1955 to the new moon of March 24, 1955, a cycle of 29.49 days.