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The Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on February 3, 1942Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 3 February 1942384,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 3, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.2% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
384,219 km238,743 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1942 is on Sunday, February 1, 1942 at 09:12 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 15, 1942 at 10:03 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 1, 194209:12
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 8, 194214:52

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Tuesday, February 3, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 1942 to the new moon of February 15, 1942, a cycle of 29.52 days.