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The Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on February 24, 1916Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 February 1916376,655 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 24, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.7% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
376,655 km234,042 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1916 is on Saturday, February 19, 1916 at 02:28 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 4, 1916 at 03:57 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 19, 191602:28
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 26, 191609:24

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Thursday, February 24, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1916 to the new moon of March 4, 1916, a cycle of 29.49 days.