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The Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on February 27, 2008Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 February 2008404,229 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 27, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
404,229 km251,176 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 21, 200803:31
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 29, 200802:19

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 2008 to the new moon of March 7, 2008, a cycle of 29.56 days.