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The Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on February 24, 1970Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 24 February 1970396,617 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 24, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.0% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
396,617 km246,446 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1970 is on Saturday, February 21, 1970 at 08:19 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 21, 197008:19
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 1, 197002:33

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Tuesday, February 24, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1970 to the new moon of March 7, 1970, a cycle of 29.44 days.