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The Moon on Saturday, February 3, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on February 3, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 3 February 1917403,478 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 3, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
403,478 km250,709 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1917 is on Wednesday, February 7, 1917 at 03:28 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 23, 1917 at 07:40 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 30, 191701:01
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 7, 191703:28

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Saturday, February 3, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 1917 to the new moon of February 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.44 days.