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The Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 1958: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

First Quarter at

20:52UTC

Moon phase on February 26, 1958First Quarter

Wednesday 26 February 1958394,272 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 26, 1958, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
394,272 km244,989 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1958 is on Wednesday, March 5, 1958 at 18:28 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 18, 1958 at 15:38 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 18, 195815:38
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 26, 195820:52
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 5, 195818:28

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Wednesday, February 26, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1958 to the new moon of March 20, 1958, a cycle of 29.76 days.