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The Moon on Saturday, February 2, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on February 2, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 2 February 1901387,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 2, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
387,482 km240,770 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1901 is on Sunday, February 3, 1901 at 15:30 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 20, 1901 at 14:36 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 27, 190109:52
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 3, 190115:30

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Saturday, February 2, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 1901 to the new moon of February 19, 1901, a cycle of 29.51 days.