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The Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on February 23, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 23 February 1926404,251 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 23, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
404,251 km251,190 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1926 is on Saturday, February 27, 1926 at 16:51 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 12, 1926 at 17:20 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Tuesday, February 23, 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.