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The Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 1976: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on February 24, 1976Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 February 1976384,761 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 24, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.7% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
384,761 km239,079 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 22, 197608:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 29, 197623:25

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Tuesday, February 24, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1976 to the new moon of February 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.71 days.