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The Moon on Thursday, February 26, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on February 26, 1959Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 February 1959365,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 26, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
365,861 km227,335 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1959 is on Monday, February 23, 1959 at 08:54 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 9, 1959 at 10:51 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 23, 195908:54
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 2, 195902:54

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Thursday, February 26, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1959 to the new moon of March 9, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.