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The Moon on Sunday, February 27, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on February 27, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 February 2056381,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 27, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 84.7% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
381,144 km236,832 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2056 is on Thursday, March 2, 2056 at 00:40 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 15, 2056 at 14:00 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 23, 205617:12
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 2, 205600:40

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Sunday, February 27, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 2056 to the new moon of March 16, 2056, a cycle of 29.70 days.