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The Moon on Thursday, February 26, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on February 26, 2004Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 February 2004401,792 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 26, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.8% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
401,792 km249,662 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2004 is on Saturday, March 6, 2004 at 23:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 20, 2004 at 09:18 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 20, 200409:18
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 28, 200403:24

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Thursday, February 26, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 2004 to the new moon of March 20, 2004, a cycle of 29.56 days.