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The Moon on Saturday, February 27, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on February 27, 2016Waning Gibbous

Saturday 27 February 2016405,306 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 27, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.9% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
405,306 km251,845 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2016 is on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 18:20 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 22, 201618:20
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 1, 201623:11

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Saturday, February 27, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2016 to the new moon of March 9, 2016, a cycle of 29.47 days.