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The Moon on Saturday, February 27, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on February 27, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 February 2010357,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 27, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
357,972 km222,433 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2010 is on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 16:38 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 02:52 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 22, 201000:43
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 28, 201016:38

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Saturday, February 27, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 2010 to the new moon of March 15, 2010, a cycle of 29.76 days.