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The Moon on Friday, February 26, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 63.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

21.5days

Moon phase on February 26, 1943Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 February 1943378,835 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 26, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.9% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
378,835 km235,397 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1943 is on Saturday, February 20, 1943 at 05:45 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 6, 1943 at 10:34 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 20, 194305:45
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 27, 194318:23

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Friday, February 26, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1943 to the new moon of March 6, 1943, a cycle of 29.46 days.