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The Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on February 24, 2004Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 February 2004394,851 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 24, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.9% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
394,851 km245,349 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2004 is on Saturday, March 6, 2004 at 23:14 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 20, 2004 at 09:18 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 20, 200409:18
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 28, 200403:24

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 2004 to the new moon of March 20, 2004, a cycle of 29.56 days.