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The Moon on Thursday, February 24, 2011: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 55.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Last Quarter at

23:27UTC

Moon phase on February 24, 2011Last Quarter

Thursday 24 February 2011376,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 24, 2011, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 55.3% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

55.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
376,938 km234,218 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2011 is on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 08:36 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 18, 201108:36
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, February 24, 201123:27
New Moon (after)Friday, March 4, 201120:46

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Thursday, February 24, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 2011 to the new moon of March 4, 2011, a cycle of 29.76 days.