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The Moon on Sunday, February 27, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on February 27, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 February 1977400,669 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 27, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.1% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
400,669 km248,964 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1977 is on Saturday, March 5, 1977 at 17:13 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 18, 1977 at 03:37 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 26, 197702:50
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 5, 197717:13

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Sunday, February 27, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1977 to the new moon of March 19, 1977, a cycle of 29.62 days.