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The Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1949: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on February 26, 1949Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 February 1949403,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 26, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
403,550 km250,754 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1949 is on Sunday, February 13, 1949 at 09:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 27, 1949 at 20:55 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 20, 194900:43
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 27, 194920:55

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Saturday, February 26, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1949 to the new moon of February 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.76 days.