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The Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on February 24, 1982Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 February 1982383,909 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 24, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
383,909 km238,550 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1982 is on Tuesday, March 9, 1982 at 20:45 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 23, 1982 at 21:13 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 23, 198221:13
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 2, 198222:15

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Wednesday, February 24, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 1982 to the new moon of March 25, 1982, a cycle of 29.54 days.