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The Moon on Friday, February 26, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on February 26, 2016Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 February 2016405,166 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 26, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
405,166 km251,758 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2016 is on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 18:20 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 22, 201618:20
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 1, 201623:11

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Friday, February 26, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2016 to the new moon of March 9, 2016, a cycle of 29.47 days.