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The Moon on Tuesday, February 26, 2019: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Last Quarter at

11:28UTC

Moon phase on February 26, 2019Last Quarter

Tuesday 26 February 2019389,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 26, 2019, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.9% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
389,925 km242,288 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2019 is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:54 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 19, 201915:54
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, February 26, 201911:28
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 6, 201916:04

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 2019 to the new moon of March 6, 2019, a cycle of 29.79 days.