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The Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on February 24, 1912Waxing Crescent

Saturday 24 February 1912379,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 24, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
379,219 km235,636 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1912 is on Sunday, March 3, 1912 at 10:42 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1912 at 05:44 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 18, 191205:44
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 25, 191219:27

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Saturday, February 24, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1912 to the new moon of March 18, 1912, a cycle of 29.68 days.