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The Moon on Thursday, February 26, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on February 26, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 February 1942399,150 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 26, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.9% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
399,150 km248,020 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1942 is on Tuesday, March 3, 1942 at 00:20 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 15, 1942 at 10:03 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 23, 194203:40
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 3, 194200:20

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Thursday, February 26, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1942 to the new moon of March 16, 1942, a cycle of 29.57 days.