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The Moon on Tuesday, February 24, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on February 24, 2015Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 February 2015377,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 24, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.2% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
377,554 km234,601 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, 6 days earlier.

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2015 to the new moon of March 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.