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The Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1938: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on February 24, 1938Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 February 1938404,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 24, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.0% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
404,503 km251,346 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1938 is on Monday, February 14, 1938 at 17:14 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 1938 at 05:40 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 22, 193804:24
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 2, 193805:40

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Thursday, February 24, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1938 to the new moon of March 2, 1938, a cycle of 29.67 days.