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The Moon on Thursday, February 24, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on February 24, 2000Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 February 2000392,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 24, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.9% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
392,917 km244,147 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2000 is on Saturday, February 19, 2000 at 16:27 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 2000 at 05:17 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 19, 200016:27
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 27, 200003:54

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Thursday, February 24, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 5, 2000 to the new moon of March 6, 2000, a cycle of 29.68 days.