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The Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1934: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on February 24, 1934Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 24 February 1934405,215 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 24, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
405,215 km251,789 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1934 is on Thursday, March 1, 1934 at 10:26 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 14, 1934 at 00:43 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 21, 193406:05
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 1, 193410:26

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Saturday, February 24, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 1934 to the new moon of March 15, 1934, a cycle of 29.48 days.