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The Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 1965: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on February 24, 1965Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 February 1965403,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 24, 1965, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.2% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
403,101 km250,475 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1965 is on Tuesday, February 16, 1965 at 00:27 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 3, 1965 at 09:56 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 23, 196505:39
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 3, 196509:56

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Wednesday, February 24, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 1965 to the new moon of March 3, 1965, a cycle of 29.72 days.