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The Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 2014: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on February 26, 2014Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 February 2014361,847 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.7% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
361,847 km224,841 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2014 is on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 23:53 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 08:00 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 22, 201417:15
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 1, 201408:00

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Wednesday, February 26, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 2014 to the new moon of March 1, 2014, a cycle of 29.43 days.