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The Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 1987: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on February 24, 1987Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 February 1987364,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 24, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.9% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
364,639 km226,576 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1987 is on Friday, February 13, 1987 at 20:58 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 28, 1987 at 00:51 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 21, 198708:56
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 28, 198700:51

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Tuesday, February 24, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1987 to the new moon of February 28, 1987, a cycle of 29.46 days.