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The Moon on Monday, February 27, 2006: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on February 27, 2006Waning Crescent

Monday 27 February 2006356,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 27, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
356,999 km221,829 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 21, 200607:17
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 28, 200600:31

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Monday, February 27, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 2006 to the new moon of February 28, 2006, a cycle of 29.43 days.