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The Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on February 26, 2008Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 26 February 2008402,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.7% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
402,910 km250,357 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 21, 200803:31
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 29, 200802:19

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 2008 to the new moon of March 7, 2008, a cycle of 29.56 days.