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The Moon on Thursday, February 24, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on February 24, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 February 1983361,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 24, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
361,811 km224,819 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1983 is on Sunday, February 27, 1983 at 08:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 13, 1983 at 00:32 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 20, 198317:32
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 27, 198308:58

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Thursday, February 24, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 13, 1983 to the new moon of March 14, 1983, a cycle of 29.72 days.