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The Moon on Sunday, February 24, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on February 24, 2008Waning Gibbous

Sunday 24 February 2008397,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 24, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
397,228 km246,826 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 21, 200803:31
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 29, 200802:19

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Sunday, February 24, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 2008 to the new moon of March 7, 2008, a cycle of 29.56 days.