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The Moon on Monday, February 26, 1973: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on February 26, 1973Waning Crescent

Monday 26 February 1973403,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 26, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.4% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
403,643 km250,812 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1973 is on Saturday, February 17, 1973 at 10:07 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 25, 197303:10
New Moon (after)Monday, March 5, 197300:08

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Monday, February 26, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1973 to the new moon of March 5, 1973, a cycle of 29.61 days.