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The Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1927: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on February 26, 1927Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 February 1927383,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 26, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.6% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
383,358 km238,207 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1927 is on Wednesday, February 16, 1927 at 16:18 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 3, 1927 at 19:25 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 24, 192720:43
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 3, 192719:25

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Saturday, February 26, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 2, 1927 to the new moon of March 3, 1927, a cycle of 29.44 days.