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The Moon on Thursday, February 26, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on February 26, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 February 2015389,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 26, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.2% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
389,012 km241,721 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 25, 201517:14
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 5, 201518:06

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Thursday, February 26, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2015 to the new moon of March 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.