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The Moon on Saturday, February 26, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on February 26, 2005Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 February 2005392,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 26, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.9% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
392,725 km244,028 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2005 is on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 04:54 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 24, 200504:54
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 3, 200517:37

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Saturday, February 26, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2005 to the new moon of March 10, 2005, a cycle of 29.45 days.