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The Moon on Thursday, February 24, 2005: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Full Moon at

04:54UTC

Moon phase on February 24, 2005Full Moon

Thursday 24 February 2005398,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 24, 2005, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
398,825 km247,819 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Snow Moon, 399,628 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2005 is on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 04:54 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 16, 200500:16
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, February 24, 200504:54
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 3, 200517:37

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Thursday, February 24, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2005 to the new moon of March 10, 2005, a cycle of 29.45 days.