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The Moon on Monday, February 26, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on February 26, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Monday 26 February 1945400,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 26, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
400,778 km249,032 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1945 is on Tuesday, February 27, 1945 at 00:07 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 12, 1945 at 17:33 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 19, 194508:38
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 27, 194500:07

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Monday, February 26, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 1945 to the new moon of March 14, 1945, a cycle of 29.43 days.