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The Moon on Friday, February 24, 1950: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on February 24, 1950Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 February 1950402,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 24, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.6% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
402,900 km250,351 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1950 is on Saturday, March 4, 1950 at 10:34 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 16, 1950 at 22:53 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 16, 195022:53
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 25, 195001:52

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Friday, February 24, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1950 to the new moon of March 18, 1950, a cycle of 29.69 days.