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The Moon on Monday, February 26, 1996: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

First Quarter at

05:53UTC

Moon phase on February 26, 1996First Quarter

Monday 26 February 1996400,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 26, 1996, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.6% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
400,550 km248,890 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1996 at 23:30 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 18, 199623:30
First Quarter (this day)Monday, February 26, 199605:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 5, 199609:23

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Monday, February 26, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1996 to the new moon of March 19, 1996, a cycle of 29.47 days.