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The Moon on Friday, February 24, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on February 24, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 February 2040403,127 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 24, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
403,127 km250,492 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2040 is on Tuesday, February 28, 2040 at 01:00 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 12, 2040 at 14:24 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 19, 204021:34
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 28, 204001:00

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Friday, February 24, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 2040 to the new moon of March 13, 2040, a cycle of 29.47 days.