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The Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1938: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on February 26, 1938Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 February 1938401,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 26, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
401,194 km249,291 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1938 is on Monday, February 14, 1938 at 17:14 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 1938 at 05:40 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 22, 193804:24
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 2, 193805:40

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Saturday, February 26, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1938 to the new moon of March 2, 1938, a cycle of 29.67 days.