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The Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on February 24, 1955Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 February 1955372,902 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 24, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
372,902 km231,710 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1955 is on Tuesday, March 8, 1955 at 15:41 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 22, 1955 at 15:54 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 22, 195515:54
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 1, 195512:41

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Thursday, February 24, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 22, 1955 to the new moon of March 24, 1955, a cycle of 29.49 days.