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The Moon on Saturday, February 26, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on February 26, 2000Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 February 2000401,021 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 26, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.4% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
401,021 km249,183 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2000 is on Saturday, February 19, 2000 at 16:27 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 2000 at 05:17 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 19, 200016:27
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 27, 200003:54

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Saturday, February 26, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 5, 2000 to the new moon of March 6, 2000, a cycle of 29.68 days.