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The Moon on Friday, February 24, 1984: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on February 24, 1984Waning Crescent

Friday 24 February 1984388,610 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 24, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.0% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
388,610 km241,471 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1984 is on Friday, February 17, 1984 at 00:41 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 2, 1984 at 18:31 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 23, 198417:12
New Moon (after)Friday, March 2, 198418:31

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Friday, February 24, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 1984 to the new moon of March 2, 1984, a cycle of 29.78 days.