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The Moon on Friday, February 26, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on February 26, 1909Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 February 1909379,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 26, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.5% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
379,263 km235,663 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1909 is on Sunday, March 7, 1909 at 02:56 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 20, 1909 at 10:52 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 20, 190910:52
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 27, 190902:49

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Friday, February 26, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 1909 to the new moon of March 21, 1909, a cycle of 29.39 days.