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The Moon on Sunday, February 26, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on February 26, 1978Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 February 1978382,061 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 26, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
382,061 km237,401 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1978 is on Thursday, February 23, 1978 at 01:27 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 9, 1978 at 02:36 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 23, 197801:27
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 2, 197808:34

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Sunday, February 26, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1978 to the new moon of March 9, 1978, a cycle of 29.49 days.