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The Moon on Monday, February 26, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on February 26, 1990Waxing Crescent

Monday 26 February 1990367,781 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 26, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
367,781 km228,528 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1990 is on Sunday, March 11, 1990 at 10:59 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 25, 1990 at 08:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 25, 199008:55
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 4, 199002:05

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Monday, February 26, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1990 to the new moon of March 26, 1990, a cycle of 29.45 days.