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The Moon on Saturday, February 24, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on February 24, 2001Waxing Crescent

Saturday 24 February 2001402,025 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 24, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
402,025 km249,807 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2001 is on Friday, March 9, 2001 at 17:23 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 2001 at 08:21 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 23, 200108:21
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 3, 200102:03

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Saturday, February 24, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 2001 to the new moon of March 25, 2001, a cycle of 29.71 days.