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The Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on February 24, 1962Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 February 1962401,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 24, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.5% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
401,162 km249,271 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1962 is on Monday, February 19, 1962 at 13:18 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 19, 196213:18
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 27, 196215:50

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Saturday, February 24, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 5, 1962 to the new moon of March 6, 1962, a cycle of 29.43 days.