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The Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 1959: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on February 24, 1959Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 24 February 1959368,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 24, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
368,016 km228,675 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1959 is on Monday, February 23, 1959 at 08:54 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 9, 1959 at 10:51 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 23, 195908:54
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 2, 195902:54

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Tuesday, February 24, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1959 to the new moon of March 9, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.