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The Moon on Thursday, February 8, 1900: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on February 8, 1900Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 February 1900388,761 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 8, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.8% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
388,761 km241,565 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1900 is on Wednesday, February 14, 1900 at 13:50 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 31, 1900 at 01:23 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 6, 190016:23
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 14, 190013:50

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Thursday, February 8, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1900 to the new moon of March 1, 1900, a cycle of 29.42 days.