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The Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 2003: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on February 26, 2003Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 February 2003381,892 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
381,892 km237,297 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2003 is on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 23:51 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 23, 200316:46
New Moon (after)Monday, March 3, 200302:35

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 2003 to the new moon of March 3, 2003, a cycle of 29.66 days.