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The Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on February 24, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 February 2010367,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 24, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.3% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
367,445 km228,320 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2010 is on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 16:38 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 02:52 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 22, 201000:43
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 28, 201016:38

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 2010 to the new moon of March 15, 2010, a cycle of 29.76 days.