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The Moon on Sunday, February 26, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on February 26, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 February 2040398,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 26, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
398,011 km247,312 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2040 is on Tuesday, February 28, 2040 at 01:00 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 12, 2040 at 14:24 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 19, 204021:34
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 28, 204001:00

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Sunday, February 26, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 2040 to the new moon of March 13, 2040, a cycle of 29.47 days.