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The Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 2002: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Full Moon at

09:17UTC

Moon phase on February 27, 2002Full Moon

Wednesday 27 February 2002356,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 27, 2002, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
356,993 km221,825 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Snow Moon, 357,078 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2002 is on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 09:17 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 02:03 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 20, 200212:02
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, February 27, 200209:17
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 6, 200201:25

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Wednesday, February 27, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 2002 to the new moon of March 14, 2002, a cycle of 29.77 days.