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The Moon on Sunday, February 26, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on February 26, 1989Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 February 1989401,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 26, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
401,949 km249,760 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1989 is on Monday, February 20, 1989 at 15:32 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 20, 198915:32
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 28, 198920:08

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Sunday, February 26, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1989 to the new moon of March 7, 1989, a cycle of 29.45 days.