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The Moon on Sunday, February 24, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on February 24, 1985Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 February 1985405,439 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 24, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.3% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
405,439 km251,928 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1985 is on Thursday, March 7, 1985 at 02:13 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1985 at 18:43 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 19, 198518:43
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 27, 198523:41

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Sunday, February 24, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1985 to the new moon of March 21, 1985, a cycle of 29.72 days.