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The Moon on Friday, February 27, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on February 27, 2009Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 February 2009385,040 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 27, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
385,040 km239,253 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 01:35 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 25, 200901:35
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 4, 200907:46

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Friday, February 27, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 2009 to the new moon of March 26, 2009, a cycle of 29.60 days.