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The Moon on Monday, February 26, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on February 26, 1951Waning Gibbous

Monday 26 February 1951373,211 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 26, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.6% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
373,211 km231,903 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1951 is on Wednesday, February 21, 1951 at 21:12 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 1951 at 20:51 UTC, 9 days later.

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Monday, February 26, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1951 to the new moon of March 7, 1951, a cycle of 29.54 days.