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The Moon on Sunday, February 26, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on February 26, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 February 1961405,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 26, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.8% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
405,750 km252,121 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1961 is on Thursday, March 2, 1961 at 13:35 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 15, 1961 at 08:10 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 22, 196108:35
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 2, 196113:35

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Sunday, February 26, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1961 to the new moon of March 16, 1961, a cycle of 29.44 days.