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The Moon on Saturday, February 26, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on February 26, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 26 February 1972388,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 26, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
388,085 km241,145 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1972 is on Tuesday, February 29, 1972 at 03:12 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 15, 1972 at 00:29 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 21, 197217:20
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 29, 197203:12

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Saturday, February 26, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1972 to the new moon of March 15, 1972, a cycle of 29.46 days.