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The Moon on Friday, February 2, 1906: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on February 2, 1906Waxing Gibbous

Friday 2 February 1906403,794 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 2, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.3% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
403,794 km250,906 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1906 is on Friday, February 9, 1906 at 07:46 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 24, 1906 at 17:09 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, February 1, 190612:31
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 9, 190607:46

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Friday, February 2, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 1906 to the new moon of February 23, 1906, a cycle of 29.62 days.