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The Moon on Sunday, February 27, 2022: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on February 27, 2022Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 February 2022367,928 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 27, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.5% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
367,928 km228,620 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2022 is on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 16:57 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 17:35 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 23, 202222:33
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 2, 202217:35

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Sunday, February 27, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 2022 to the new moon of March 2, 2022, a cycle of 29.49 days.