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The Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1949: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on February 24, 1949Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 February 1949398,658 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 24, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.4% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
398,658 km247,714 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1949 is on Sunday, February 13, 1949 at 09:08 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 27, 1949 at 20:55 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 20, 194900:43
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 27, 194920:55

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Thursday, February 24, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1949 to the new moon of February 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.76 days.