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The Moon on Monday, February 26, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on February 26, 2001Waxing Crescent

Monday 26 February 2001396,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 26, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.4% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
396,607 km246,440 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2001 is on Friday, March 9, 2001 at 17:23 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 2001 at 08:21 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 23, 200108:21
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 3, 200102:03

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Monday, February 26, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 2001 to the new moon of March 25, 2001, a cycle of 29.71 days.