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The Moon on Thursday, February 27, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on February 27, 2020Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 February 2020405,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 27, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.0% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
405,810 km252,159 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2020 is on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 17:48 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 15:32 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 23, 202015:32
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 2, 202019:58

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Thursday, February 27, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 2020 to the new moon of March 24, 2020, a cycle of 29.75 days.