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The Moon on Thursday, February 26, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 55% lit

Waning · 55.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on February 26, 1981Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 February 1981402,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 26, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.4% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
402,827 km250,305 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1981 is on Wednesday, February 18, 1981 at 22:58 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 18, 198122:58
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 27, 198101:14

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Thursday, February 26, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1981 to the new moon of March 6, 1981, a cycle of 29.51 days.