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The Moon on Friday, February 26, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on February 26, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 February 1999377,710 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 26, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
377,710 km234,698 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 1999 is on Tuesday, March 2, 1999 at 06:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 16, 1999 at 06:39 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 23, 199902:43
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 2, 199906:59

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Friday, February 26, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1999 to the new moon of March 17, 1999, a cycle of 29.51 days.