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The Moon on Sunday, February 27, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on February 27, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 February 1972391,411 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 27, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
391,411 km243,211 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1972 is on Tuesday, February 29, 1972 at 03:12 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 15, 1972 at 00:29 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 21, 197217:20
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 29, 197203:12

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Sunday, February 27, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1972 to the new moon of March 15, 1972, a cycle of 29.46 days.