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The Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 1957: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on February 26, 1957Waning Crescent

Tuesday 26 February 1957406,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 26, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.0% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
406,037 km252,299 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1957 is on Thursday, February 14, 1957 at 16:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 21, 195712:19
New Moon (after)Friday, March 1, 195716:13

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Tuesday, February 26, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 1957 to the new moon of March 1, 1957, a cycle of 29.78 days.