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The Moon on Sunday, February 24, 1957: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on February 24, 1957Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 February 1957402,318 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 24, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.4% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
402,318 km249,989 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1957 is on Thursday, February 14, 1957 at 16:38 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 21, 195712:19
New Moon (after)Friday, March 1, 195716:13

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Sunday, February 24, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 1957 to the new moon of March 1, 1957, a cycle of 29.78 days.