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The Moon on Sunday, February 27, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on February 27, 2005Waning Gibbous

Sunday 27 February 2005389,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 27, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
389,334 km241,921 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2005 is on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 04:54 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 24, 200504:54
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 3, 200517:37

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Sunday, February 27, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2005 to the new moon of March 10, 2005, a cycle of 29.45 days.