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The Moon on Wednesday, February 26, 2042: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

First Quarter at

23:29UTC

Moon phase on February 26, 2042First Quarter

Wednesday 26 February 2042377,404 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 26, 2042, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 44.9% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

44.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
377,404 km234,508 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2042 is on Thursday, March 6, 2042 at 20:10 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 20, 2042 at 07:39 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 20, 204207:39
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 26, 204223:29
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 6, 204220:10

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Wednesday, February 26, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 2042 to the new moon of March 21, 2042, a cycle of 29.41 days.