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The Moon on Friday, February 3, 1933: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on February 3, 1933Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 February 1933404,491 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 3, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.0% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
404,491 km251,339 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1933 is on Friday, February 10, 1933 at 13:01 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 25, 1933 at 23:20 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, February 2, 193313:16
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 10, 193313:01

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Friday, February 3, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1933 to the new moon of February 24, 1933, a cycle of 29.56 days.