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The Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1979: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on February 24, 1979Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 February 1979359,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 24, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
359,843 km223,596 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1979 is on Monday, February 12, 1979 at 02:40 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 26, 1979 at 16:45 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 20, 197901:17
New Moon (after)Monday, February 26, 197916:45

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Saturday, February 24, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1979 to the new moon of February 26, 1979, a cycle of 29.43 days.