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The Moon on Sunday, February 24, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on February 24, 2019Waning Gibbous

Sunday 24 February 2019377,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 24, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
377,780 km234,741 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2019 is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:54 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 19, 201915:54
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 26, 201911:28

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Sunday, February 24, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 2019 to the new moon of March 6, 2019, a cycle of 29.79 days.