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The Moon on Friday, February 26, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on February 26, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 February 2010359,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 26, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
359,643 km223,472 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2010 is on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 16:38 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 02:52 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 22, 201000:43
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 28, 201016:38

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Friday, February 26, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 2010 to the new moon of March 15, 2010, a cycle of 29.76 days.