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The Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on February 27, 1979Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 February 1979360,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 27, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
360,311 km223,887 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1979 is on Tuesday, March 13, 1979 at 21:14 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 26, 1979 at 16:45 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 26, 197916:45
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 5, 197916:23

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Tuesday, February 27, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 1979 to the new moon of March 28, 1979, a cycle of 29.43 days.