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The Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on February 21, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 February 1926398,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 21, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.3% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
398,538 km247,640 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1926 is on Saturday, February 27, 1926 at 16:51 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 12, 1926 at 17:20 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 19, 192612:36
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 27, 192616:51

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Sunday, February 21, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 1926 to the new moon of March 14, 1926, a cycle of 29.42 days.