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The Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on February 24, 1973Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 February 1973403,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 24, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.1% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
403,572 km250,768 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1973 is on Saturday, February 17, 1973 at 10:07 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 17, 197310:07
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 25, 197303:10

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Saturday, February 24, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1973 to the new moon of March 5, 1973, a cycle of 29.61 days.