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The Moon on Saturday, February 24, 2007: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

First Quarter at

07:56UTC

Moon phase on February 24, 2007First Quarter

Saturday 24 February 2007376,301 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 24, 2007, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.0% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
376,301 km233,823 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2007 is on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 23:17 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 16:14 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 17, 200716:14
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, February 24, 200707:56
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 3, 200723:17

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Saturday, February 24, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 2007 to the new moon of March 19, 2007, a cycle of 29.44 days.