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The Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on February 26, 2013Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 26 February 2013383,430 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
383,430 km238,252 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2013 is on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 20:26 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 25, 201320:26
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 4, 201321:53

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 10, 2013 to the new moon of March 11, 2013, a cycle of 29.52 days.