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The Moon on Thursday, February 26, 1987: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on February 26, 1987Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 February 1987364,259 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 26, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
364,259 km226,340 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1987 is on Friday, February 13, 1987 at 20:58 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 28, 1987 at 00:51 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 21, 198708:56
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 28, 198700:51

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Thursday, February 26, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1987 to the new moon of February 28, 1987, a cycle of 29.46 days.