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The Moon on Thursday, February 26, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on February 26, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 February 1953404,964 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 26, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
404,964 km251,633 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1953 is on Saturday, February 28, 1953 at 18:59 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 14, 1953 at 01:10 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 20, 195317:45
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 28, 195318:59

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Thursday, February 26, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 1953 to the new moon of March 15, 1953, a cycle of 29.41 days.