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The Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on February 24, 1981Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 24 February 1981404,821 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 24, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.4% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
404,821 km251,544 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1981 is on Wednesday, February 18, 1981 at 22:58 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 18, 198122:58
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 27, 198101:14

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Tuesday, February 24, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1981 to the new moon of March 6, 1981, a cycle of 29.51 days.