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The Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on February 27, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 February 1969403,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 27, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.4% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
403,209 km250,543 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1969 is on Tuesday, March 4, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 16, 1969 at 16:25 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 24, 196904:30
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 4, 196905:17

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Thursday, February 27, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1969 to the new moon of March 18, 1969, a cycle of 29.52 days.