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The Moon on Sunday, February 27, 2011: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on February 27, 2011Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 February 2011391,901 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 27, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.0% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
391,901 km243,516 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2011 is on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 08:36 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 24, 201123:27
New Moon (after)Friday, March 4, 201120:46

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Sunday, February 27, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 2011 to the new moon of March 4, 2011, a cycle of 29.76 days.