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The Moon on Friday, February 27, 1998: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on February 27, 1998Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 February 1998359,177 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 27, 1998, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
359,177 km223,182 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 1998 is on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 04:34 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 26, 1998 at 17:26 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 26, 199817:26
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 5, 199808:41

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Friday, February 27, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 1998 to the new moon of March 28, 1998, a cycle of 29.41 days.