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The Moon on Friday, February 27, 1976: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on February 27, 1976Waning Crescent

Friday 27 February 1976395,722 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 27, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
395,722 km245,890 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 22, 197608:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 29, 197623:25

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Friday, February 27, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1976 to the new moon of February 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.71 days.