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The Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 2009: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

29.2days

Moon phase on February 24, 2009Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 February 2009395,198 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 24, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
395,198 km245,565 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 01:35 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 16, 200921:37
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 25, 200901:35

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 2009 to the new moon of February 25, 2009, a cycle of 29.74 days.