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The Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on February 26, 1974Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 February 1974386,359 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 26, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
386,359 km240,072 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1974 is on Friday, March 8, 1974 at 10:03 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 22, 1974 at 05:34 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 22, 197405:34
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 1, 197418:03

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Tuesday, February 26, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 22, 1974 to the new moon of March 23, 1974, a cycle of 29.66 days.