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The Moon on Friday, February 3, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on February 3, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 February 1928376,505 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 3, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.6% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
376,505 km233,949 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1928 is on Sunday, February 5, 1928 at 20:11 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 22, 1928 at 20:19 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 29, 192819:26
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 5, 192820:11

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Friday, February 3, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1928 to the new moon of February 21, 1928, a cycle of 29.56 days.