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The Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on February 24, 1966Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 February 1966399,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 24, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.4% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
399,600 km248,300 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1966 is on Monday, March 7, 1966 at 01:45 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 20, 196610:49
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 28, 196610:15

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Thursday, February 24, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 1966 to the new moon of March 22, 1966, a cycle of 29.75 days.