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The Moon on Friday, February 3, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on February 3, 1950Waning Gibbous

Friday 3 February 1950374,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 3, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
374,125 km232,470 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1950 is on Thursday, February 2, 1950 at 22:16 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 16, 1950 at 22:53 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 2, 195022:16
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 9, 195018:32

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Friday, February 3, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1950 to the new moon of February 16, 1950, a cycle of 29.62 days.