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The Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 1962: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 51.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Last Quarter at

15:50UTC

Moon phase on February 27, 1962Last Quarter

Tuesday 27 February 1962388,128 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 27, 1962, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.8% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
388,128 km241,171 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1962 is on Monday, February 19, 1962 at 13:18 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 19, 196213:18
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, February 27, 196215:50
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 6, 196210:31

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Tuesday, February 27, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 5, 1962 to the new moon of March 6, 1962, a cycle of 29.43 days.