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The Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on February 26, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 February 1969404,493 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 26, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.3% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
404,493 km251,340 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1969 is on Tuesday, March 4, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 16, 1969 at 16:25 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 24, 196904:30
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 4, 196905:17

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Wednesday, February 26, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1969 to the new moon of March 18, 1969, a cycle of 29.52 days.