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The Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 1957: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on February 27, 1957Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 February 1957406,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 27, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
406,541 km252,613 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1957 is on Thursday, February 14, 1957 at 16:38 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 21, 195712:19
New Moon (after)Friday, March 1, 195716:13

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Wednesday, February 27, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 1957 to the new moon of March 1, 1957, a cycle of 29.78 days.