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The Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on February 27, 2013Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 February 2013380,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 27, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
380,012 km236,128 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2013 is on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 20:26 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 25, 201320:26
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 4, 201321:53

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 10, 2013 to the new moon of March 11, 2013, a cycle of 29.52 days.