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The Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 1919: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on February 26, 1919Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 February 1919386,077 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 26, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.6% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
386,077 km239,897 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1919 is on Friday, February 14, 1919 at 23:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 2, 1919 at 11:11 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 23, 191901:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 2, 191911:11

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Wednesday, February 26, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1919 to the new moon of March 2, 1919, a cycle of 29.50 days.