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The Moon on Friday, February 24, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on February 24, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 February 1961402,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 24, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.3% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
402,887 km250,342 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1961 is on Thursday, March 2, 1961 at 13:35 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 15, 1961 at 08:10 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 22, 196108:35
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 2, 196113:35

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Friday, February 24, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1961 to the new moon of March 16, 1961, a cycle of 29.44 days.