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The Moon on Sunday, February 28, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on February 28, 1926Waning Gibbous

Sunday 28 February 1926403,693 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 28, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
403,693 km250,843 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 28, 1926 is on Saturday, February 27, 1926 at 16:51 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 14, 1926 at 03:20 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 27, 192616:51
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 7, 192611:49

The Moon around February 28

More about this date

Sunday, February 28, 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.