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The Moon on Friday, February 24, 1939: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on February 24, 1939Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 February 1939389,848 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 24, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.6% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
389,848 km242,240 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 19, 1939 at 08:28 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 19, 193908:28
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 27, 193903:26

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Friday, February 24, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1939 to the new moon of March 21, 1939, a cycle of 29.72 days.