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The Moon on Saturday, February 27, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on February 27, 1982Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 February 1982375,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 27, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.0% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
375,058 km233,050 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1982 is on Tuesday, March 9, 1982 at 20:45 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 23, 1982 at 21:13 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 23, 198221:13
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 2, 198222:15

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Saturday, February 27, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 1982 to the new moon of March 25, 1982, a cycle of 29.54 days.