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The Moon on Saturday, February 27, 2072: First Quarter, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

First Quarter at

00:02UTC

Moon phase on February 27, 2072First Quarter

Saturday 27 February 2072377,537 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 27, 2072, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 55.5% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

55.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
377,537 km234,591 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2072 is on Friday, March 4, 2072 at 15:17 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 19, 2072 at 02:04 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 19, 207202:04
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, February 27, 207200:02
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 4, 207215:17

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Saturday, February 27, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 2072 to the new moon of March 19, 2072, a cycle of 29.76 days.