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The Moon on Wednesday, February 27, 2019: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on February 27, 2019Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 February 2019395,079 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 27, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.9% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
395,079 km245,491 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2019 is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:54 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 26, 201911:28
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 6, 201916:04

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 2019 to the new moon of March 6, 2019, a cycle of 29.79 days.