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The Moon on Wednesday, February 24, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on February 24, 2016Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 February 2016402,306 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 24, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
402,306 km249,981 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2016 is on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 18:20 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 22, 201618:20
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 1, 201623:11

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2016 to the new moon of March 9, 2016, a cycle of 29.47 days.