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The Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 1985: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

First Quarter at

23:41UTC

Moon phase on February 27, 1985First Quarter

Wednesday 27 February 1985399,177 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 27, 1985, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.4% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
399,177 km248,037 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1985 is on Thursday, March 7, 1985 at 02:13 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1985 at 18:43 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 19, 198518:43
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 27, 198523:41
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 7, 198502:13

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Wednesday, February 27, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1985 to the new moon of March 21, 1985, a cycle of 29.72 days.