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The Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 1916: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on February 2, 1916Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 February 1916361,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 2, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
361,361 km224,540 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1916 is on Thursday, January 20, 1916 at 08:29 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 1916 at 16:05 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 28, 191600:35
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 3, 191616:05

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Wednesday, February 2, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 1916 to the new moon of February 3, 1916, a cycle of 29.47 days.