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The Moon on Tuesday, February 27, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on February 27, 1990Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 February 1990366,141 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 27, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
366,141 km227,509 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1990 is on Sunday, March 11, 1990 at 10:59 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 25, 1990 at 08:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 25, 199008:55
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 4, 199002:05

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Tuesday, February 27, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1990 to the new moon of March 26, 1990, a cycle of 29.45 days.