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The Moon on Sunday, February 24, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on February 24, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 February 2013391,176 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 24, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
391,176 km243,066 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2013 is on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 20:26 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 07:20 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 17, 201320:31
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 25, 201320:26

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Sunday, February 24, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 10, 2013 to the new moon of March 11, 2013, a cycle of 29.52 days.