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The Moon on Friday, February 24, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on February 24, 2012Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 February 2012400,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 24, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.6% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
400,015 km248,558 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2012 is on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 09:40 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 22:35 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 21, 201222:35
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 1, 201201:22

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Friday, February 24, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 2012 to the new moon of March 22, 2012, a cycle of 29.67 days.