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The Moon on Friday, February 26, 1965: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on February 26, 1965Waning Crescent

Friday 26 February 1965405,251 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 26, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
405,251 km251,811 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1965 is on Tuesday, February 16, 1965 at 00:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 3, 1965 at 09:56 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 23, 196505:39
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 3, 196509:56

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Friday, February 26, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 1965 to the new moon of March 3, 1965, a cycle of 29.72 days.