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The Moon on Sunday, February 26, 2006: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on February 26, 2006Waning Crescent

Sunday 26 February 2006358,673 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 26, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
358,673 km222,869 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 21, 200607:17
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 28, 200600:31

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Sunday, February 26, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 2006 to the new moon of February 28, 2006, a cycle of 29.43 days.