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The Moon on Sunday, February 3, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on February 3, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 February 1952394,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 3, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.8% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
394,827 km245,334 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1952 is on Monday, February 11, 1952 at 00:28 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 26, 1952 at 22:26 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 2, 195220:02
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 11, 195200:28

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Sunday, February 3, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1952 to the new moon of February 25, 1952, a cycle of 29.45 days.