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The Moon on Thursday, February 2, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on February 2, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 2 February 1939358,877 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 2, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.8% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
358,877 km222,996 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1939 is on Saturday, February 4, 1939 at 07:55 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 20, 1939 at 13:27 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 28, 193915:00
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 4, 193907:55

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Thursday, February 2, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 1939 to the new moon of February 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.79 days.