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The Moon on Thursday, February 27, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on February 27, 1975Waning Gibbous

Thursday 27 February 1975359,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 27, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.6% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
359,015 km223,081 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1975 is on Wednesday, February 26, 1975 at 01:15 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 12, 1975 at 23:48 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 26, 197501:15
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 4, 197520:20

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Thursday, February 27, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 1975 to the new moon of March 12, 1975, a cycle of 29.77 days.