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The Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on February 26, 1944Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 February 1944362,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 26, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
362,938 km225,519 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1944 is on Friday, March 10, 1944 at 00:28 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 24, 1944 at 01:59 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 24, 194401:59
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 1, 194420:40

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Saturday, February 26, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 24, 1944 to the new moon of March 24, 1944, a cycle of 29.40 days.