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The Moon on Thursday, February 27, 2053: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on February 27, 2053Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 February 2053368,529 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 27, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 67.9% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
368,529 km228,993 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2053 is on Tuesday, March 4, 2053 at 17:10 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 18, 2053 at 16:31 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 25, 205322:09
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 4, 205317:10

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Thursday, February 27, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2053 to the new moon of March 20, 2053, a cycle of 29.61 days.