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The Moon on Saturday, February 26, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on February 26, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 26 February 2056387,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 26, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 76.4% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
387,050 km240,502 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 26, 2056 is on Thursday, March 2, 2056 at 00:40 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 15, 2056 at 14:00 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 23, 205617:12
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 2, 205600:40

The Moon around February 26

More about this date

Saturday, February 26, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 2056 to the new moon of March 16, 2056, a cycle of 29.70 days.