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The Moon on Sunday, February 26, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on February 26, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 February 1950396,129 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 26, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.8% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
396,129 km246,143 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1950 is on Saturday, March 4, 1950 at 10:34 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 16, 1950 at 22:53 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 25, 195001:52
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 4, 195010:34

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Sunday, February 26, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1950 to the new moon of March 18, 1950, a cycle of 29.69 days.