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The Moon on Friday, February 26, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on February 26, 1971Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 February 1971357,678 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 26, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
357,678 km222,251 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 25, 1971 at 09:49 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 25, 197109:49
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 4, 197102:01

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Friday, February 26, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1971 to the new moon of March 26, 1971, a cycle of 29.40 days.