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The Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 1968: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on February 27, 1968Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 February 1968386,829 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 27, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
386,829 km240,365 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1968 is on Wednesday, February 14, 1968 at 06:43 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 28, 1968 at 06:56 UTC, 1 day later.

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Tuesday, February 27, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1968 to the new moon of February 28, 1968, a cycle of 29.60 days.