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The Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 1997: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on February 26, 1997Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 26 February 1997399,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 26, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
399,035 km247,949 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1997 is on Saturday, February 22, 1997 at 10:27 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 22, 199710:27
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 2, 199709:38

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Wednesday, February 26, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1997 to the new moon of March 9, 1997, a cycle of 29.42 days.