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The Moon on Thursday, February 27, 2014: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on February 27, 2014Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 February 2014360,518 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 27, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
360,518 km224,015 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2014 is on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 23:53 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 08:00 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 22, 201417:15
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 1, 201408:00

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Thursday, February 27, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 2014 to the new moon of March 1, 2014, a cycle of 29.43 days.