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The Moon on Sunday, February 26, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on February 26, 2023Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 February 2023390,920 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 26, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
390,920 km242,906 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2023 is on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 12:41 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 20, 2023 at 07:06 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 20, 202307:06
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 27, 202308:06

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Sunday, February 26, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 2023 to the new moon of March 21, 2023, a cycle of 29.43 days.