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The Moon on Friday, February 29, 1924: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on February 29, 1924Waning Crescent

Friday 29 February 1924373,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 29, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
373,119 km231,845 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 29, 1924 is on Wednesday, February 20, 1924 at 16:07 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 5, 1924 at 15:58 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 27, 192413:15
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 5, 192415:58

The Moon around February 29

More about this date

Friday, February 29, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 5, 1924 to the new moon of March 5, 1924, a cycle of 29.60 days.