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The Moon on Friday, February 26, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on February 26, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 February 1926406,021 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 26, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
406,021 km252,289 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1926 is on Saturday, February 27, 1926 at 16:51 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 12, 1926 at 17:20 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Friday, February 26, 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.