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The Moon on Friday, February 26, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on February 26, 1993Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 February 1993401,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 26, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
401,119 km249,244 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1993 is on Monday, March 8, 1993 at 09:46 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 21, 1993 at 13:05 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 21, 199313:05
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 1, 199315:47

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Friday, February 26, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1993 to the new moon of March 23, 1993, a cycle of 29.76 days.