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The Moon on Saturday, February 26, 2011: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on February 26, 2011Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 February 2011387,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 26, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.3% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
387,343 km240,683 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2011 is on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 08:36 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 24, 201123:27
New Moon (after)Friday, March 4, 201120:46

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Saturday, February 26, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 2011 to the new moon of March 4, 2011, a cycle of 29.76 days.