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The Moon on Monday, February 27, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on February 27, 1989Waning Gibbous

Monday 27 February 1989398,531 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 27, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.2% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
398,531 km247,636 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1989 is on Monday, February 20, 1989 at 15:32 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 20, 198915:32
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 28, 198920:08

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Monday, February 27, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1989 to the new moon of March 7, 1989, a cycle of 29.45 days.