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The Moon on Friday, February 27, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on February 27, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 February 2015393,904 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 27, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.0% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
393,904 km244,760 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 25, 201517:14
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 5, 201518:06

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Friday, February 27, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2015 to the new moon of March 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.