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The Moon on Sunday, February 27, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on February 27, 1966Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 February 1966386,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 27, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.4% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
386,885 km240,399 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 20, 196610:49
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 28, 196610:15

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Sunday, February 27, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 1966 to the new moon of March 22, 1966, a cycle of 29.75 days.