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The Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 1960: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on February 24, 1960Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 February 1960368,370 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 24, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
368,370 km228,894 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1960 is on Friday, February 12, 1960 at 17:24 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 26, 1960 at 18:24 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 19, 196023:48
New Moon (after)Friday, February 26, 196018:24

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Wednesday, February 24, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1960 to the new moon of February 26, 1960, a cycle of 29.51 days.